Grandfather's Clock
Composer:
Henry C Work
Genre: World / Folk
Decade: before 1923
Submitted by: Russell Ambrose
Description:
A massive hit was "My Grandfather`s Clock", published in 1876, which was introduced by Sam Lucas in Hartford, Connecticut, and again secured more than a million sales of the sheet music, along with popularizing the phrase, "grandfather clock."[2]By 1880 Work was living in New York City, giving his occupation as a musician.[3] He died in Hartford two years later at the age of 51. He was survived by his wife, Sarah Parker Work, and one of their four children.[4]
by: Russell Ambrose