Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!

Abe Olman

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General Info

Year: 1917
Duration:
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Forster Music
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.

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Instrumentation

Condensed Score
D-flat Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Bass Saxophone
B-flat Cornet Solo-II-III
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh! is a popular American song composed by Abe Olman, lyricized by Ed Rose , and published by Forster Music Publisher, Inc. in 1917. According to an August 1945 United Press article, Ed Rose wrote the song when his friends, Mr. and Mrs. John Hansen of Akron, Ohio, began dating while attending college in Indiana. They were so conspicuously in love that Rose, also their classmate, wrote the song about them and presented them with the original manuscript.

The piece's melody and structure form the basis of a self-calling circle dance, using square dance steps and popular in summer camps. There was also a World War I patriotic version of the lyrics:

Oh, Johnny, oh Johnny, why do you lag?
Oh, Johnny, oh Johnny, run to your flag.
etc.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

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State Ratings

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Performances

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Cary (N.C.) Town Band (Stuart Holoman, conductor) – 3 July 2018

Works for Winds by This Composer

Down Among the Sheltering Palms (arr. Schoenfeld) (1915/1956)
Down by the O-Hi-O (arr. Yoder) (1944)
Egyptia (arr. Harry L. Alford) (1911)
Karavan (arr. Barry) (1919)
My Dreamy Little Lotus Flower (arr. Barry) (1919)
Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh! (arr. Yoder) (1917)

Resources

Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!, Wikipedia Accessed 29 July 2018
Olman, A.; Yoder, P.; Rose, E. (1917). Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh! [score]. Forster Music: Chicago, Ill.