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 Meet Me in St Louis, Louis (1904)
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Composer:Mills (1869-1948)   Suppliers: Ditty Box Enterprises
Editor:Geoff Grainger  Quintet:Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)/Vocal(Optional Tenor)
Publisher:Ditty Box Enterprises  Publication:DBE 325
Audio:Listen. Sequencer: Perf. Bill EdwardsListen. Artist: Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble Audio file information  

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Notice for leaders/bass players
Look and ListenMeet Me In St. Louis, Louis, probably one of Mills' greatest hits, celebrating the St. Louis State Fair in 1904 it was sung by all the great popular music singers and entertainers of the day. It is an easy-to-play and understand composition which is really a quite simple and amusing song well suited for recorder ragtime beginners. In the original score, Mills takes pains to point out that in every instance, "Louis" is pronounced "Louie".
Meet Me In St. Louis, Louis was published by F. A. Mills, New York, USA.
A tempo of 150 crotchets/min. is suggested.

"Meet Me in St Louis, Louis (1904)" has been recorded by:
CD tracks/info Eubie Blake on "That's Ragtime!" amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Bob Darch on "Reunion in Ragtime" RealAudio amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Various Artists on "1904 St. Louis World's Fair: Meet Me At The Fair" amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info St. Louis Ragtimers on " The St. Louis Ragtimers: Volume 4" amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Dick Wellstood on "Ragtime Piano Favorites" amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Jody Dall'Armi on "On the Level, You're a Little Devil--Songs of Vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley" amazon.com amazon.de
CD tracks/info Eubie Blake on "Golden Reunion in Ragtime: Vinyl LP:" amazon.com