A favorite candy from my Boston-based childhood deserves a sweet piece of music to honor it.
The Mary Jane, a peanut-butter and molasses taffy, was invented by the Boston-based candy maker Charles N. Miller in 1914. In 1989 the Miller candy company was sold to Stark Candy, and the recipe and rights for the Mary Jane were sold to the NECCO candy company. NECCO made the candy in Revere, Massachusetts until the factory closed abruptly in July of 2018. This "Boston" waltz (with its slight hesitations) seems appropriate to celebrate the Boston-based treat.
You can listen to this piece here, and the score and parts are available on this page of the IMSLP.
You can learn more about the interesting history of the Mary Jane here.
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