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Composer:Giblin  (1888-1974)   Suppliers: Ditty Box Enterprises
Editor:Geoff Grainger  Sextet:Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
Publisher:Ditty Box Enterprises  Publication:DBE 092
Audio:Listen. Sequencer: Sakae WatanabeListen. Artist: Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble Audio file information  

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Chicken Chowder was, as mentioned above, Irene Giblin's first composition and her favourite - and no wonder when considering that this mature polished work was penned by a 17-year old teenager! It was a hit and enjoyed wide popularity by being recorded by the Ossman/Dudley string ensemble and much played by other string groups. Its form is AABBACCA with a 4-bar introduction and a 4-bar interlude between the BB and A strains. The A strain is a lovely affair of ascending and descending chromatic scales that are cleverly used to simulate inversion and to meld with the B and C strains. The score is shot throughout with accentuation and staccato marks which should be carefully observed in fulfilling the composer's intention. Great stuff indeed and not for the faint-hearted!
This recorder adaptation contrasts very much with the quintet version by Stan Davis. Here the original range scale and dynamics are retained.
Chicken Chowder was published by Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York & Detroit, USA.
A tempo of 80 crotchets/min. is suggested.

"Chicken Chowder (1905)" has been recorded by:
CD tracks/info Various Artists on "From Ragtime to Jazz Vol. 3: 1902-1923" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) Order CD's at Amazon.com Order CD's at Amazon.co.uk Order CD's at Amazon.de Order CD's at Amazon.fr Order CD's at Amazon.ca Order CD's at Amazon.it Order CD's at Amazon.es
CD tracks/info Meg Graf on "Eatin' Time -- A Ragtime Feast" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) Order CD's at Amazon.com Order CD's at Amazon.co.uk Order CD's at Amazon.de Order CD's at Amazon.fr Order CD's at Amazon.ca Order CD's at Amazon.es
CD tracks/info Squeek Steele on "Ragtime Volume One" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) Order CD's at Amazon.com Order CD's at Amazon.de Order CD's at Amazon.fr Order CD's at Amazon.es
CD tracks/info Virginia Eskin on "Fluffy Ruffle Girls: Women in Ragtime" Order CD's at Amazon.com Order CD's at Amazon.co.uk Order CD's at Amazon.de Order CD's at Amazon.fr Order CD's at Amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Nancy Fierro on "Rags And Riches" Order CD's at Amazon.com Order CD's at Amazon.co.uk Order CD's at Amazon.de Order CD's at Amazon.fr Order CD's at Amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Turpintyme Ragsters on "Chicken Chowder" Order CD's at Amazon.com Order CD's at Amazon.de Order CD's at Amazon.fr Order CD's at Amazon.es
CD tracks/info "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "Whipped Cream Rag"