Sadie Koninsky

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Sarah "Sadie" G. Koninsky (* August 1879 in Troy , New York ; † January 2, 1952 there ) was an American composer , music publisher and music teacher . She has written numerous waltzes , marches , cakewalks and rags , some under the pseudonym Jerome Hartman . She “was the first white woman to capture the spirit of African American ragtime with her Eli Green's Cake Walk , written in 1896. ”

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Koninsky, who grew up with her siblings in Troy, New York, received violin lessons as a child. In 1894 and 1895 her first compositions were published, the waltz The Belles of Andalusia and the march The Minstrel King . In 1896 Joseph W. Stern published Eli Green's Cake Walk in New York City (with a text by Dave Reed); this piece became very popular and was the first ever cakewalk by a woman composer. She took piano lessons from Harriet Brower and was hired by Stern as an arranger . In 1899 she founded the Edw music publishing company with her siblings . M. Koninsky & Brothers , who had a branch in Manhattan for a short time and published their works, such as Phoebe Thompson's Cakewalk, but also compositions by Arthur Trevelyan and Julius K. Johnson. Some of the marches written by Koninsky appeared under the male pseudonym Jerome Hartman .

During the 1920s Koninsky ran the Goodwyn Music Publishers and was increasingly active as a violin teacher.

Catalog of works (chronological)

Eli Green's Cake Walk (sheet music edition 1896)
  • Belles of Andalusia - Valse Espagnole (M. Witmark & ​​Sons, New York City, 1894)
  • The Minstrel King - March (Albany Music Publishing Company, Albany, New York, 1895)
  • Eli Green's Cake Walk (Joseph W. Stern and Company, New York City, 1896)
  • Where Love is King - Waltzes (Howley, Haviland and Company, New York City, 1898)
  • I'll Be Your Friend Through All (M. Witmark and Sons, New York City, 1898)
  • Boardin 'House Johnson - Cake Walk (Joseph W. Stern, New York City, 1899)
  • Phoebe Thompson's Cake Walk (Edward M. Koninsky and Brothers, New York City, 1899)
  • When I Return We'll Be Wed (Edward M. Koninsky and Brothers, Troy, New York, 1899)
  • Sing Me a Song of Other Days (Edward M. Koninsky and Brothers, Brooklyn, New York, 1900)
  • You Alone - Ballad (Edward M. Koninsky and Brothers, New York City, 1900)
  • Beneath the Starry Flag (as Jerome Hartman) (Edward M. Koninsky and Brothers, New York City, 1900)
  • I Didn't Think You Cared to Have Me Back (Edward M. Koninsky and Brothers, New York City, 1900)
  • The Grasshopper's Hop - A Bugtown Society Event (Edward M. Koninsky and Brothers, New York City, 1901)
  • In a Japanese Tea House - Japanese Waltzes (with MN Koninsky) (Edward M. Koninsky and Brothers, Troy, New York, 1901)
  • When Mammy Puts Little Coons to Bed (Edward M. Koninsky and Brothers, Troy, New York, 1901 or 1902)
  • I Wants a Man Who Ain't Afraid to Work (Edward M. Koninsky and Brothers, New York City, 1902)
  • Cleopatra - An Egyptian Intermezzo (Shapiro, Bernstein and Company, New York City, 1902)
  • Forever (Edward M. Koninsky, Troy, New York, 1902)
  • The Return of the Troops (as Jerome Hartman) (Edward M. Koninsky and Brothers, Troy, New York, 1902)
  • A Wigwam Courtship - Intermezzo (Edward M. Koninsky and Brothers, Troy, New York, 1903)
  • I Am Lonely Here Without You, Nellie Dear (Edward M. Koninsky and Brothers, Troy, New York, 1903)
  • When You Are Near (Edward M. Koninsky and Brothers, Troy, New York, 1903)
  • If You Loved Me as I Love You (Koninsky Music Company, Troy, New York, 1903)
  • On to Victory (as Jerome Hartman) (Edward M. Koninsky and Brothers, Troy, New York, 1903)
  • Old Glory - March and Two Step (as Jerome Hartman ) (Edward M. Koninsky and Brothers, Troy, New York, 1903)
  • Maid of the Mist - Waltzes (Koninsky Music Company, Troy, New York, pre-1904 or 1908)
  • June Roses - Waltzes (Koninsky Music Company, Troy, New York, 1905)
  • 'Tis You (Koninsky Music Company, Troy, New York, 1905)
  • 'Cause the Sandman's Comin Around (Koninsky Music Company, Troy, New York, 1905)
  • In Lover's Lane - Waltzes (Koninsky Music Company, Troy, New York, 1906)
  • Life in Camp - March (as Jerome Hartman) (Koninsky Music Company, Troy, New York, 1906)
  • College Days - Waltzes (Koninsky Music Company, New York City, 1907)
  • Love Tales - Waltzes (1909)
  • Uncle Sam's Boys - March (as Jerome Hartman) (1909)
  • Musical Moments (Opus 6) (1910)
    • Valsette
    • melody
    • Barcarolle
  • La Cascade - Valse Caprice (1911)
  • Heart of the Rose - Waltzes (Koninsky Music Company, New York City, 1911)
  • The River of Dreams (Koninsky Music Company, Troy, New York, 1912)
  • Joys of the Dance - Waltz (1914)
  • If I Had All the World Besides I'd Still Want You! (with J. Will Callahan) (Koninsky Music Company, Troy, New York, 1916)
  • Mae Marsh - Waltzes (Koninsky Music Company, Troy, New York, 1917)
  • In Yucatan - Novelty Fox Trot (Koninsky Music Company, Troy, New York, 1918)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sadie Koninsky . Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  2. ↑ Not a man's thing ( memento of January 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), Darmstädter Echo , December 6, 2010
  3. ↑ a b Sadie G. Koninsky . Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  4. ↑ Linda Dahl Stormy Weather. The Music and Lives of a Century of Jazzwomen Quartet Books, London 1984, p. 11
  5. ↑ See Don Rittner Legendary Locals of Troy 2012, p. 118
personal data
SURNAME Koninsky, Sadie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Koninsky, Sarah G .; Hartman, Jerome (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer, music publisher and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH August 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Troy , New York
DATE OF DEATH 2nd January 1952
Place of death Troy , New York