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- Henry Clay Work (October 1, 1832 - June 8, 1884) was an American composer and songwriter. He was born in Middletown, Connecticut, to Alanson and Amelia (Forbes) Work. His father opposed slavery, and Work was himself an active abolitionist and Union supporter. His family's home became a stop on the Underground Railroad, assisting runaway slaves to freedom in Canada, for which his father was once imprisoned. Work was self taught in music. By the time he was 23, he worked as a printer in Chicago, specializing in setting musical type. He allegedly composed in his head as he worked, without a piano, using the noise of the machinery as an inspiration. His first published song was "We Are Coming, Sister Mary", which eventually became a staple in Christy's Minstrels shows. Work produced much of his best material during the Civil War. In 1862 he published "Kingdom Coming" using his own lyrics based upon snippets of Negro speech he had heard. This use of slave dialect (Irish too was a favourite) tended to limit the appeal of Work's works and make them frowned upon today. However, "Kingdom Coming" appeared in the Jerome Kern show "Good Morning, Dearie" on Broadway in 1921, and was heard in the background in the 1944 Judy Garland film "Meet Me in St. Louis". 1862 also saw his novelty song "Grafted Into the Army", followed in 1863 by "Babylon is Fallen", "The Song of a Thousand Years", and "God Save the Nation". His 1864 effort "Wake Nicodemus" was popular in minstrel shows. In 1865 he wrote his greatest hit, inspired by Sherman's march to the sea, "Marching Through Georgia" at the end of the previous year. Thanks to its lively melody, the song was immensely popular, its million sheet-music sales being unprecedented. It is a cheerful marching song and has since been pressed into service many times, including by Princeton University as a football fight song. Timothy Shay Arthur's play Ten Nights in a Barroom, had Work's 1864 "Come Home, Father", a dirgesome song bemoaning the demon drink too mawkish for modern tastes, but which has always been sung at Temperance Meetings. Settling into sentimental balladry, Work had significant post-Civil War success with the "The Lost Letter" and "The Ship That Never Returned". 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. By 1880 Work was living in New York City, giving his occupation as a musician. 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. Henry Clay Work was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. He was a distant cousin to Frances Work, a great-grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales.
- Henry Clay Work était un compositeur et auteur de chansons américain. Sa biographie est relativement obscure. Il est né à Middletown (Connecticut) et était le fils d'un opposant notable à l'esclavage, qui fit de la prison à cause de son engagement. Lui-même fut un ardent défenseur de la cause abolitionniste et unioniste. Il participa au chemin de fer clandestin et aida de nombreux esclaves à s'enfuir. Henry Clay Work apprit la musique en autodidacte. Vers l'âge de 23 ans, il travailla comme imprimeur à Chicago. C'est à cette époque qu'il composa We Are Coming, Sister Mary, une chanson des Christy's Minstrels shows. Il écrivit ses meilleures oeuvres pendant la Guerre de Sécession. Henry Clay Work mourut à Hartford (Connecticut) en 1884.
- ヘンリ・クレイ・ワーク（Henry Clay Work, 1832年10月1日 - 1884年6月8日）はアメリカ合衆国の作曲家。 スティーヴン・フォスターと並んで19世紀のアメリカ合衆国を代表する歌曲作曲家。 コネチカット州ミドルタウンに生まれる。奴隷制廃止運動の活動家の家庭に生まれ育ち、自らも地下鉄道の組織活動に助力を惜しまなかったとされる。そのかたわらで、「クリスティー・ミンストレルズ」のために、フォスターの流れを汲む世俗歌曲を創作した。フォスター歌曲と同じく、ワークの《ジョージア・マーチ》は、アイヴズの交響楽の中で引用されている。また、いくつかの歌曲は、世界各地で民謡として流布されている。全部で80曲近くあるうち、とりわけよく知られているのは、以下のもの。《大きな古時計》は、続編も作られた。 1864年 - "Come Home, Father!" 1865年 - ジョージア行進曲 "Marching Through Georgia" （アメリカ南北戦争時の北軍シャーマン将軍の海への進軍の様子が歌われている。《東京節》または《パイのパイのパイ》の原曲） 1865年 - Ring the Bell, Watchman!（オーストラリア民謡《調子をそろえてクリック、クリック、クリック》の原曲） 1868年 - "The Ship That Never Returned" 1876年 - 大きな古時計 "Grandfather's Clock"
- Henry Clay Work född 1 oktober 1832 i Middletown Connecticut död 8 juni 1884 i Hartford Connecticut, amerikansk kompositör, textförfattare, uppfinnare.
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- Henry Clay Work (October 1, 1832 - June 8, 1884) was an American composer and songwriter. He was born in Middletown, Connecticut, to Alanson and Amelia (Forbes) Work. His father opposed slavery, and Work was himself an active abolitionist and Union supporter. His family's home became a stop on the Underground Railroad, assisting runaway slaves to freedom in Canada, for which his father was once imprisoned. Work was self taught in music.
- Henry Clay Work était un compositeur et auteur de chansons américain. Sa biographie est relativement obscure. Il est né à Middletown (Connecticut) et était le fils d'un opposant notable à l'esclavage, qui fit de la prison à cause de son engagement. Lui-même fut un ardent défenseur de la cause abolitionniste et unioniste. Il participa au chemin de fer clandestin et aida de nombreux esclaves à s'enfuir. Henry Clay Work apprit la musique en autodidacte.
- Henry Clay Work född 1 oktober 1832 i Middletown Connecticut död 8 juni 1884 i Hartford Connecticut, amerikansk kompositör, textförfattare, uppfinnare.
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