Alice Where Art Thou

Asher, J.

Alice Where Art Thou by: J. Asher

Original Copyright: 1883 By: Harry Coleman

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Asc

her,

Jose

ph

D

OB

: Ju

ne 4

, 182

9 (G

roni

ngen

, Hol

land

)

DO

D:

June

20,

186

9 (L

ondo

n)

Jose

ph A

sche

r, a

com

pose

r of s

alon

mus

ic, w

as b

orn

in

Gro

ning

en, t

he N

ethe

rland

s, o

n Ju

ne 4

, 182

9. H

e w

as th

e so

n of

th

e ch

azza

n of

the

smal

l loc

al J

ewis

h co

mm

unity

. A

sche

r stu

died

at

the

Leip

zig

Con

serv

ator

ium

, bei

ng a

pup

il of

Igna

ce M

osch

eles

. H

is g

ift a

s a

perfo

rmin

g pi

ano

play

er w

as re

cogn

ized

by

the

Em

pres

s E

ugen

ie o

f Fra

nce,

who

ask

ed h

im to

bec

ome

her c

ourt

pian

ist i

n 18

49.

Late

r on,

he

mov

ed to

Lon

don.

The

re h

e di

ed a

s th

e re

sult

of h

is d

isso

lute

life

on

June

4, 1

869.

He

com

pose

d fo

r pi

ano,

pia

no fo

ur –

and

eig

ht

hand

s, a

s w

ell a

s fo

r sol

o si

nger

s ac

com

pani

ed b

y pi

ano.

Som

e 20

0 of

his

com

posi

tions

rem

ain.

A

sche

r’s m

ost f

amou

s pi

ece

was

the

song

, “A

lice

Whe

re A

rt Th

ou.”

Alic

e W

here

Art

Tho

u (s

ong)

. Writ

ten

in 1

883

and

publ

ishe

d fo

r ban

d by

Har

ry C

olem

an. L

ater

it

was

pub

lishe

d in

2 e

ditio

ns b

y Fi

sche

r and

late

r stil

l by

Haw

kes

Jour

nal 2

54.

This

pop

ular

pie

ce w

as

also

pub

lishe

d fo

r pia

no, v

oice

, har

p, fl

ute

and

othe

r sol

o in

stru

men

ts w

ith p

iano

acc

ompa

nim

ent.

In

this

set

ting

for b

and,

the

solo

cor

net i

s fe

atur

ed.

Sour

ces

Bio

grap

hy:

Reh

rig, W

illia

m H

., Th

e he

ritag

e en

cycl

oped

ia o

f ban

d m

usic

(199

1), I

nteg

rity

Pre

ss

(Wes

terv

ille,

Ohi

o), p

. 11.

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i/Jos

eph_

Asc

her

Out

put:

P

rogr

am n

ote

rese

arch

ed b

y M

arcu

s L.

Nei

man

M

edin

a, O

hio

Alic

e W

here

Art

Tho

u Ly

rics b

y W

ellin

gton

Gue

rnse

y Th

e bi

rds s

leep

ing

gent

ly,

Swee

t Lun

a gl

eam

eth

brig

ht;

Her

rays

ting

e th

e fo

rest

, A

nd a

ll se

ems g

lad

toni

ght,

The

win

d's s

ighi

ng b

y m

e,

Coo

ling

my

feve

r'd b

row

; Th

e st

ream

flow

s as e

ver,

Yet

Alic

e w

here

art

thou

! O

ne y

ear b

ack

this

eve

n,

And

thou

wer

t by

my

side

; V

owin

g to

love

me

Alic

e w

hat e

'er m

ight

bet

ide.

Th

e si

lver

rain

falli

ng,

Just

as i

t fal

leth

now

; A

nd a

ll th

ings

slep

t gen

tly!

Ah!

Alic

e w

here

art

thou

! I'v

e so

ught

thee

by

lake

let,

I've

soug

ht th

ee o

n th

e hi

ll,

And

in th

e pl

easa

nt w

ildw

ood,

W

hen

win

ds b

lew

col

d an

d ch

ill;

I've

soug

ht th

ee in

fore

st,

I'm lo

okin

g he

av'n

war

d no

w;

Oh!

ther

e am

id th

e st

arsh

ine,

A

lice,

I kn

ow a

rt th

ou.

-W

ellin

gton

Gue

rnse

y (1

781-

1885

), 18

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