Carrie Jacobs-Bond

Carrie Jacobs-Bond (1862-1946) was the most successful song composer of the late 19th-early 20th centuries, combing Parlor Songs with traditional art song and creating her own publishing company to support herself as a single mother. She had songs that sold over 25 million copies--in the 1910s! She also self-published her own autobiography, The Roads of Melody. 11 Small Songs as Unpretentious as the Wild RoseWhere Youth's Eternal7 Songs as Unpretentious as the Wild RoseI Love You Truly11 Small Songs as Unpretentious as the Wild RoseTis Summer In Thine EyesHalf-Minute SongsMusical clips performed by Toni Marie Palmertree, soprano, and Ellen Rissinger, piano:Recorded at Morningstar Studios in Norristown, PA.Exactly Counter--Ellen 0!!!, Toni 0***So Lit Song Lit is a production of Cincinnati Song Initiative. You can learn more about its network of podcasts at cincinnatisonginitiative.org/podcasts.You can follow Ellen and The Diction Police on Facebook and at www.dictionpolice.com.You can follow Toni Marie on Facebook at Toni Marie Palmertree, soprano and Instagram @ToniMariePalmertree