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Smoky Mokes (1899) Cake Walk & Two Step

Composer:	Holzmann (1874-1939)	Suppliers:
Editor:	Geoff Grainger	Sextet:	Treble/Treble(Tenor)/Tenor/Bass/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
Publisher:	Ditty Box Enterprises	Publication:	DBE 491
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Length: approx. 6 mins. Sounds best with the 2nd treble doubled.
Smoky Mokes was the first of Holzmann's compositions and it was dedicated, possibly as a commercial play, to the then grand old man of Tin Pan Alley, Monroe H. Rosenfeld. It is a splendid cakewalk in AABBACCBB form with a 4-bar introduction and a 4 bar interlude between C- and B-strains whereby the AABBA and CCBB sections are in the major keys of C and F respectively. The original sheet music scores the final bar with a DC but no corresponding Fine is given - repeating the AABBA strains feels about right. It was also published as a song with a "Humorous Darky Text". The front cover of the original sheet music shows a quartet of Negro lads- the singers of the song perhaps or may be the cake walkers? Who knows?
Smoky Mokes was published by Feist and Frankenthaler, New York, USA.
A tempo of 80 crotchets/min. is suggested.

"Smoky Mokes (1899)" has been recorded by:
 Ton Van Bergeyk on "Famous Ragtime Guitar Solos" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Various Artists on "Cakewalks, Rags & Blues - Military Style" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Various Artists on "From Ragtime to Jazz Vol. 4: 1896-1922" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Various Artists on "Pianola Ragtime: Early Piano Jazz and Ragtime Played on Pianola Rolls: Vol. 2" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Richard Zimmerman on "The Roots of Ragtime" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Various Artists on "From Cake-Walk To Ragtime 1898-1916" 
 Various Artists on "I'll Dance till de Sun Breaks through" 
 Tony Parenti on "Ragtime Jubilee" 
 Various Artists on "Kings of the Ragtime Banjo"