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Hiawatha (A Summer Idyl)
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Wikipedia article
'"Hiawatha (A Summer Idyl)"' is a song written by Neil Moret (Charles N. Daniels) in 1901. James J. O'Dea (18701914) added lyrics in 1903 and the music was re-subtitled "(His Song to Minnehaha)".
"Hiawatha" sold half a million copies after release.Jasen, 'Tin Pan Alley', p. 102: "In 1901, Daniels published his Indian song, 'Hiawatha', which became a success after Daniels prevailed upon Sousa to perform and record it (Victor 2443). The following year, when Jerome Remick purchased Whitney Warner of Detroit, he paid Daniels $10,000 for his firm so that Remick could have 'Hiawatha'. It was the highest sum yet paid for a song."Sanjek, 'American Popular Music and Its Business', p. 414. "500,000". It has been recorded numerous times and started a decade long fad for "Indian" songs.Jasen, 'Tin Pan Alley', p. 102: "The following year, James J. O'Dea (18701914) added words to 'Hiawatha,' and sales zoomed again when it became a song. Thus started the trend of Indian songs, which were extremely popular during the first decade of the twentieth century."
"Hiawatha" was named for Hiawatha, Kansas, not for Longfellow's poem.'Parlor Songs 1800-1920'. "The song was originally written around 1900 by Moret as an instrumental work as a tribute to a town in Kansas (Hiawatha, Kansas) where his sweetheart lived."
Lyrics
The lyrics as written by O'Dea:O'Dea, "Hiawatha (His Song to Minnehaha)".
References
Bibliography
*Jasen, David A. 'Tin Pan Alley: An Encyclopedia of the Golden Age of American Song'. New York: Routledge (2003).
*Moret, Neil (m.). "Hiawatha (A Summer Idyl)" (Sheet music). Detroit: Whitney-Warner Pub. Co. (1902).
*O'Dea, James J. (w.) (18701914); Moret, Neil (m.). "Hiawatha (His Song to Minnehaha)" (Sheet music). Detroit: Whitney-Warner Pub. Co. (1903).
*Sanjek, Russell. 'American Popular Music and Its Business: The First four Hundred Years, Vol. II'. New York: Oxford University Press (1988).
*[http://www.parlorsongs.org/issues/2000-8/2000-8.php 'Parlor Songs 1800-1920' (Aug 2000)]. [http://www.parlorsongs.org">Parlor Songs Association].
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