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Topic: The Desert Song

	The Music of Old Broadway; Songs from the early days of Broadway.
		This song was sung by Hattie Williams (1872 - 1942) who is described by Kinkle as an "attractive singer-comedienne in early Broadway shows." It is an interesting song as it has elements of comedy and seriousness.
		The song is a wonderful waltz song, marked quasi lente so it's a little slower than most of the "dance" waltzes we featured last month in our feature on the waltz in American music.
		I guess I would characterize this song as "interesting." It's a bit of a jazzy ragtime thing that has some catchy lyrics (among some very corny ones) and a very "classical" sound to it that includes a number of runs that I assume were to imitate the sound of a panpipe.
	www.parlorsongs.com /issues/2005-10/thismonth/feature.asp (5525 words)

	Music Circus - Inside Stories and Tales
		The last I heard of her, she had moved back to Coral Gables whence she originated and had changed her name to Stevens.
		Larry Hagman played a minor juvenile role in the first production I ever saw at the Music Circus in 1951- "The Desert Song."
		John had previously been in business with two partners - Aldrich and Myers, one of whom died unexpectedly.
	www.lambertville-music-circus.org /stories/inside-stories.html (4657 words)

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