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Whoa! Gee Whiz by Jacob Henry Ellis (1900)

Original listing and sheet music here: https://musescore.com/user/36482158/s... An uplifting country dance piece, published by Willis Woodward & Co. in New York City in 1900. The composer is Jacob Henry Ellis, or is it? According to research done by Bill Gill of Bill's Audio Reference Library, Jacob Henry Ellis died in February 1899 from tuberculosis at the age of 28. Yet an abundance of musical pieces continued to be published through 1924 with the name Jacob Henry Ellis on them. When Jacob died in 1899, his younger brother Emanuel Ellis who was an equally talented musician and composer as Jacob continued to compose and publish musical scores, but using his brother's name. Emanuel was also a sheet music salesman and continued to confuse historical records by passing himself off as Jacob Henry Ellis or "Jake". For many years it was commonly assumed that all of the scores attributed to Jacob H. Ellis were by the same person. But according to Emanuel's wife Hattie, Emanuel composed in his brother's name as a way of honoring him. The brothers were two of six children born of German Jewish immigrant parents who lived in Kingston, New York some 90 miles up the Hudson River from New York City. Jacob's first published piece, "Ulster Academy March", was published in 1884 when he was 13, apparently paid for by his father Nathan. There were about 24 scores altogether attributed to him, mostly different types of marches and dance pieces. Emanuel contributed many more, Bill's site catalogues about 40 instrumentals in a variety of genres. Emanuel moved to New York City from Kingston about 1900 and later shifted to Boston. He continued to work as a sheet music salesman and moved back to New York City in 1920. He met his wife-to-be Hattie while travelling on a train on business. Emanuel died of a heart attack in 1930 at the age of 58. Jacob Henry Ellis/Emanuel Ellis bio is here (scroll to bottom of page): https://billsaudioreferencelibrary.co... Original score source is thanks to Bill Gill of Bill's Audio Reference Library: https://billsaudioreferencelibrary.co... Thank you to Mitchy for suggesting this interesting piece and composer. #ragtimepiano #ragtime #folkmusic #countrydance