Charles Blamphin
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Sheet music cover for When the Corn Is Waving, Annie Dear (1860)
Charles Blamphin (1830? – June 20, 1895) was a British composer and harpist. Among his popular compositions were When the Corn Is Waving, Annie Dear (1860)[1] and Just Touch the Harp Gently, My Pretty Louise (with lyrics by Samuel N. Mitchell) (1870).[2][3]
References
- ↑ Spaeth, Sigmund. A history of popular music in America, p. 143 (1948)
- ↑ (11 December 1890). A Composer of Songs: He Wrote Sweet Ballads, But Others Got The Ducats, The Day (reprinted from the Boston Globe)
- ↑ Boase, Frederic. Modern English Biography, Vol. IV, p. 425 (1908)
External links
- U.S. Library of Congress, 1921 recording of When the Corn is Waving, Annie Dear by the Peerless Quartet
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