Anona (song) explained

Anona
Cover:	AnonaCover1903.jpeg
Caption:	Sheet music cover (1903)
Type:	song
Artist:	Vivian Grey
Released:	by Leo Feist, Inc.

"Anona" is a popular song supposedly written by Vivian Grey (pseudonym for Mabel McKinley, niece of William McKinley^[1]), but in fact composed by Robert Keiser King^[2] in 1903, both as an intermezzo^[3] and a vocal number. Popular in its day, it was recorded a number of times.

Lyrics

The lyrics as published in the vocal version:^[4]

Bibliography

• News: 1. 5. COMMENTS ON SEPTEMBER RECORDS. Edison Phonograph Monthly. 2021-03-01. August 1903. ... Vivian Grey (Miss Mabel McKinley, niece of the late President McKinley), the composer of 'Anona'..
• Grey, Vivian. "Anona" (Intermezzo-Two Step) (Sheet music). New York: Leo Feist (1903).
• Grey, Vivian. "Anona" (Vocal) (Sheet music). New York: Leo Feist (1903).

External links

• "Anona", Henry Burr (Columbia Phonograph Co. 32316, c. 1903) - Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project.
• "Anona", Mabel McKinley (Edison Amberol 150, 1909) - Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project.

Notes and References

1. Edison Phonograph Monthly
2. vf. Book: Spaeth, Sigmund. Random House. A history of popular music in America.. New York. 1948. 336. ; vf. also 15. 1. 7–11. Margery Stomne Selden. T. Roosevelt: Mystery Composer. The Sonneck Society for American Music Bulletin. 1989.
3. Grey, "Anona" (Intermezzo-Two Step).
4. Grey, "Anona" (Vocal).