![]() ![]() Gruelle was a well-known painter in the “Hoosier Group” of painters of the late 19 th and early 20 th Century. Gruelle’s father was painter, Richard Buckner (R.B.) Gruelle. ![]() When he was two or three years old, the family moved to Indianapolis, settling a few short blocks away from Lockerbie Street, where Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley lived. Raggedy Ann’s Joyful Songs includes sheet music paired with cheerful pictures of Raggedy Ann and her friends.Īlthough Johnny Gruelle was born in Arcola, Illinois in 1880, his parents moved to Gainesville, Florida shortly after his birth. There were several songbooks of this type published during the 1930’s. This is one of several collaborations between Gruelle and Miller, and the pair often worked with Will Wooden, Miller’s business partner. Raggedy Ann’s Joyful Songs (ISLH 780.8 Gru 1) is a collaboration of Gruelle’s artwork and lyrics and music by Charles Miller, a music composer and publisher. I found this book of songs in our Indiana pamphlet collection. The red-haired doll’s name, Raggedy Ann, may have been based on the poem, “The Raggedy Man” by James Whitcomb Riley. A recent visit to James Whitcomb Riley’s Lockerbie Street home reminded me that Raggedy Ann was the brainchild of Riley’s neighbor, Johnny Gruelle, an artist who lived in Indiana during most of his childhood and early adulthood. Did you know that the Indiana State Library has a collection of sheet music? We have a varied and eclectic library of scores and sheet music in our Indiana pamphlet collection. ![]()
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