Early Blues · 1916
Beale Street Blues
W. C. Handy
- Key
- C
- Time
- C
- Tempo
- ♩=80
- AO focus
- AO3
Incipit
Form
12-bar blues + secondary theme. Beale Street is Memphis's blues-music thoroughfare.
Teaching points
- 12-bar blues form
- Place-name as commercial branding
- AO3: blues geography
Full score ↓Public domain
1916 first ed, PD via 95-year rule.