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Broadway Music Corporation
1913
Parent companyKassner Music
Founded1913 (111 years old)
FounderWill Von Tilzer
(1913–1952)
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationNew York
Official websitewww.kassnermusic.com

Broadway Music Corporation is a 111-year-old privately held American publisher of popular music that was founded in 1913 by Will Von Tilzer (né William U. Gumbinsky; surname later changed to Gumm; 1882–1952), and headed by him for thirty-nine years until his death in 1952. Around 1960, after some shuffling among new owners, the corporation was restructured and became the imprint of the London firm Kassner Music for North America, which endures today. Kassner Music, founded by Edward Kassner (1920–1996), maintains the Broadway Music Corporation as a New York entity and a subsidiary.[a]

Company history[edit]

The founding of Broadway Music Corporation was an outgrowth of a family publishing enterprise founded by Harry Von Tilzer, and perhaps a restoration of a publishing firm founded by Albert Von Tilzer, which fell under financial duress in 1912.

Three of Will's five brothers, Harry, Albert, and Jack were composers. Harry was the first to hit it big, both as a composer and as head of his own music publishing firm — the Harry Von Tilzer Publishing Company, which he founded in 1902. Albert, Will, Jack, and Jules all initially worked for Harry's firm — and, the sixth brother, Harris Gumm, an entertainment attorney, counseled business matters of the Von Tilzers.

York Music Company
  • In 1903, nine years before Will started his own firm, Albert left Harry's firm to start his own, The York Music Company, which, around 1913, was absorbed by Broadway Music Corporation,[1] with many hits, including (i) "Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey" ("I Never Knew Any Girl Like You") (1910) and (ii) "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" (1908), composed by Albert.
  • In 1912, Jules and Jack Von Tilzer took over the York Music Company, Jules managing the Chicago office and Jack managing the New York office. Albert Von Tilzer, its erstwhile manager, at the time, announced his retirement.[2]
1912 bankruptcy of York Music Company

Around September 1912, a petition in bankruptcy was filed against the York Music Co. Jack Von Tilzer was the president. The creditors who filed were:

Creditors
Robert Teller Sons & Dorner (founded 1869)     (lithographers, music engravers, and printers)[3]     US$10,744
William Richard Teller (son of the co-founder; 1873–1944), president
Charles J. Dorner, treasurer and director
Scott & Van Altena, Inc. (1904–1919)     (slide manufacturer) US$100
John Duer Scott (1876–1966), partner
Edward Van Altena (1874–1968), partner
Phœnix Engraving Company[4] US$99
James T. Beatty, president
Michael A. Strong (1874–1933), corporate secretary
Charles Oschmann (1869–1910), treasurer
Total US$10,943

In 2014, adjusted for inflation over one hundred and one years, US$10,943 of 1912 would amount to a range between US$203,000 and US$5,630,000.[5]

The the bankruptcy might have been triggered, in part, by the 1912 bankruptcy of A.M. Rothschild & Company, a five-and-dime store chain that sold a substantial amount of sheet music.[6]

Empire Music Company

(Fix and cite this theme and incorporate it in the lead)[edit]

The collective activities of the six brothers, Harry, Albert, Jack, Jules, and Harris amounted to a music dynasty in a period when song writing and theater was high.
Other themes: For Harry, his pub. firm served mostly to amplify his own work; songwriters who ran their own pub. firms seemed to cloud objectivity when it came to working on behalf of other songwriters; this theme was perhaps the impetus for Will to start his own firm, and also an impetus for Albert to cede control of York Music to Will's Broadway Music Corporation
Find out HOW York got absorbed into Broadway Music Corporation


Founding in 1913

Broadway Music Corporation was founded in February 1913 by Will Von Tilzer (né William Gumm; 10 November 1882 Indianapolis, Indiana – 14 May 1952 Yonkers, New York),[7] brother of songwriters Harry and Albert Von Tilzer. The company was formed as a New York corporation with capital stock of US$500. The founding directors were Will's brother, Harris Harold Gumm (1880–1973), and investor William Valentine Goldie (1877–1953). Both Gumm and Goldlie were entertainment lawyers, primarily focused on theater and music publishing, and, as 1904 graduates of Columbia Law School, they were the founders of their own firm, Goldie & Gumm.

Broadway Music Corporation, at its inception, published the works of James V. Monaco. At that time, its New York headquarters was on the second floor of the Exchange Building at 145 West 45th Street in Manhattan. That location was was not in the Tin Pan Alley district of Manhattan (West 28th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues), but the firm was nonetheless closely identified as a Tin Pan Alley publishing firm. Will Von Tilzer founded the firm after having served as business manager with the Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Company, his brother's firm.[8]

In February 1913, there were four separate Von Tilzer organizations in the music business.

  • York Music Company; the Theodore Morse Music Company had recently leased the office space in Chicago recently occupied by Jules Von Tilzer, working on behalf of the York Music Company; Jules moved back to New York to become manager of the professional department in the East, allowing Jack to focus on the business aspect of the firm; at the time, the York Music Company occupied the entire third floor of the Regal Building.
  • Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Company
  • Broadway Music Corporation; Will Von Tilzer, who had been the business manager for the Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Company, left to form his own firm, taking James V. Monaco with him; Monaco's latest contributions to the Harry Von Tilzer catalog became part of Will Von Tilzer's introductory catalog
  • ??? Albert Von Tilzer left York Music Company in 1912 to form his own publishing firm, leaving his brother Jack Von Tilzer in charge of the business[9]
  • In September 1913, a new firm was founded: the Empire Music Co.; Jack Von Tilzer was president; its office was at 148 West 45th Street, New York[10] The office at 148 West 45th Street sustained damage from a fire July 15, 1915, but no one was seriously hurt.[11] a classified ad for Empire Music Co. at 1431 Broadway appears in the May 21, 1912, issued of The Evening Telegram

Broadway Music Corporation absorbed York Music in 1913.???

Prohibition

The song, "Alcoholic Blues," gained popularity around 1919 due to prohibition in the United States, which took effect in January 1920.[12]

1922 adjudicated bankruptcy

In 1922, certain creditors filed a petition in U.S. District Court, New York, for adjudication in bankruptcy against Broadway Music Corporation. On December 19, 1922, Judge Julian W. Mack (1866–1943) decreed the firm bankrupt.

Schedule of liabilities
Assets — $30,012.07
Assets consisted chiefly of $19,166.08 in accounts receivable from music dealers; mechanical royalties $2,500, and value of catalog, $5,000.
Liabilities — $151,290.73
Liabilities included $10,238.82 to Goldie & Gumm, attorneys, Loew Building; $57,076.52 to H. Harold Gumm (who was a brother of Will Von Tilzer, president of the bankrupt music house and who is financially interested in the company); an item of $17,983 to B. Teller Sons & Dorner, music printers; $9,450 and $7,500 to Sidney D. Mitchell and Lew Pollack, respectively, Questionable amounts on royalty contracts which form part of separate lawsuits pending by the songwriters against the corporation.
Other liabilities are for advertising and the following estimated amounts to songwriters for royalties: Edgar Allan Woolf, $110.93; Wheeler Wadsworth, $40; Albert Von Tilzer, $3,500; Lew Brown, $5,561.26; Johnny S. Black (1891–1936), 1754.40; Sidney Clare, $1,764.48; Bob Carlton, $1,350.04; Neville Adrian Fleeson (1887–1945), $405.66; Anatol Friedland, $325; Billy Fazioli, $1,800; Lou Klein, $300; Al Lentz, $332.71; Harry Link, $572.71; Ray Miller, $1,550; Sidney D. Mitchell, $4,254.17; Bob Nelson, $757.61; Lew Pollack, $1,500; Irving Aaronson, $322.71. ArtMusic, Inc., is $11,951.42




Broadway Music Corporation then filed a motion to set aside, vacate, and stay the order.[13] Harry Von Tilzer also went into an involuntary bankruptcy.

E. C. Mills,[b] chairman of the executive board of the Music Publishers Protective Association, was, in December 1922, appointed receiver for the Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co. Earlier in December, he was appointed co-receiver for the Broadway Music Corporation.[14] In January 1923, the firm arranged to pay its creditors 25 percent of claims — 10 percent in cash and 15 percent in deferred payments.[15] The bankruptcy was discharged February 1, 1923, by Judge Augustus Hand; the receivers — E.C. Mills and Mark Hyman, an attorney — had restored the financial health of the firm.[16]

Sale of the Broadway Music Corporation catalog

In 1958, Edward Kassner (1920–1996), Murray Sporn (born 1928), Danny Kessler, and Artie Mogul (1927–2004) acquired Broadway Music Corporation for US$400,000. In 1959, Jack Gold, head of Jack Gold Music and Paris Records, failed an attempt to acquire a controlling interest in Broadway Music Corporation, Rush Music, and Kassner Music. At that time, they are valued at US$750,000, and US$400,000, and US$1,000,000, respectively. Gold's objective was to strengthen the interest of Paris Records.[17] Soon after, Kassner and Sporn acquired Mogul's interest. In 1960, Kassner and Sporn acquired Kessler's interest.

American Metropolitan Enterprises, Ltd. (Canada)

Sporn merged all their various interests into American Metropolitan Enterprises (AME), a Canadian public company, which controlled the catalog of Broadway Music Corporation.

Sporn became chairman and treasurer, Kassner, president, and George Garfunkel (1901–1985) (lawyer, formerly for Broadway Music Corporation), secretary. AME made an initial public offering of 250,000 shares in Canada. The directors were Sporn, Kassner, Garfunkel, Marvin Paul Holtzman (1922–1982), Bruce T. Beatty (1934–1968) (Canadian Chartered Accountant and record company executive), Frank Pasque, and Sidney A. Seidenberg (1925–2006). AME's subsidiaries were:

In 1965, Sporn sold his interest in AME for US$350,000.[19]

Kassner Music (London)

Kassner eventually acquired the entire catalog and, as of 2009, publishes in America under the Broadway Music Corporation banner.

As of 1998, Kassner Music was an umbrella company for seven catalogs in the United States:

  • Broadway Music Corporation
  • Edward Kassner Music Co. Inc.
  • Myers Music Inc. (James E. Myers, aka Jimmy DeKnight)
  • American Metropolitan Enterprises of New York, Inc.
  • Jay Boy Music Corp.
  • Picadilly Music Corp.
  • Tideland Music Publishing Corp.[20]
1501 Broadway, Suite 1616
New York, NY 10036

Affiliate company[edit]

Will Von Tilzer founded Art Music, Inc. (trademarked as ArtMusic Inc.), around 1917 to publish and exploit "high-class" compositions. Will Von Tilzer was president.[21] Saul Bornstein (1884–1957), the business manager for Broadway Music Corporation, in 1917, also became the General Manager of Art Music, Inc.[22] Prior to his affiliation with the two firms, he had, for many years, imported musical instruments into North America for European manufacturers. World War I ended it. [23] Initially, ArtMusic firm developed four standard editions:

  • Art Edition: vocal
  • Instrumental Edition
  • Classic Edition
  • Production Edition

Bornstein left in June 1919 to become general manager and partner with Irving Berlin's new publishing firm.[24] Around that time, Albert Von Tilzer, who contributed several compositions to the catalog, began managed the firm. Around 1919, ArtMusic, in an effort to focus more on classical and so-called semi-classical repertoire, sold or assigned some of its popular songs to Broadway Music Corporation, who also served as the sole distributor for ArtMusic.[25] Sales and assignments to included:

  • "Ragging the Scale," assigned to Broadway Music Corporation
  • "When You're Alone," sold in 1919 to Broadway Music Corporation[26]

Selected songwriters[edit]

Selected works[edit]

Music by Albert Von Tilzer, lyrics by Jack Norworth
© May 2, 1908, Class C 130671, York Music Co., New York,[c] Index N° 13784;[i] OCLC 26009506, 497272670
© January 3, 1936, Class R (renewal) 41344 , Albert Von Tilzer, as author of music, New York, Index N° 640;[A] OCLC 6623244

Professional staff and executives[edit]

Major music publishing companies, in their heyday, were large national enterprises. However, turnover of staff and executives was high, due in part to the "hit" nature of the business. A song plugger, regional manager, or general manager commonly worked for many firms. The below list not only shows some breadth and depth of personnel associated with Broadway Music Corporation, but also gives a cursory view of the high turnover.

Selected personnel[edit]

Executives
  • Will Von Tilzer (né William Gumm), President and founder (brother of Harry Von Tilzer)
  • Saul Bornstein (1884–1957), who later shortened his surname to Bourne, was business manager in 1917 and general manager of both ArtMusic and Broadway Music Corporation;[22] he left in June 1919 to become a member and general manager of the newly formed publishing firm of Irving Berlin, Inc.[24]
  • George A. Friedman (1875–1933), general manager
  • Billy Lang (1883–1944), became business manager in 1920
Store managers
  • John Francis Edwards (1883–1946) managed the firm's store at 145 West 45th Street
  • Johnny Heinzman (né John A. Heinzman; 1880–1932) joined the firm around 1913; he worked a stint for Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. around 1915, but returned to the firm and, in 1919, was appointed local manager of the Broadway store; in the early 1920s, he was associated with the Fred Fisher Co., then Henry Burr Music Corp., before eventually replacing Dave Sherman as manager of the San Francisco office in September 1920; he was a lyricist and collaborator with his songwriter brother, Otto Milton Heinzman (1873–1943)
Professional managers
  • Al Beilin (né Albert Solomon Beilin; 1896–1962), appointed general Western manager in early 1919 out of the Chicago office, became professional manager of the New York office in 1920;[27] around 1923, he formed a publishing partnership with Willie Horowitz — Beilin & Horowitz
  • Rudy Bale, a popular singer, in 1923, became the professional manager for Minneapolis and Saint Paul.
Professional staff
  • Danny Winkler (né Daniel Mayer Winkler; 1893–1970), born in San Angelo, was added to the staff in 1916;[28] in 1922, he was general manager of the New York office of Richmond-Robbins, Inc. — Maurice Aaron Richmond (1878–1965) and nephew, John J. (Jack) Robbins (1894–1959) — but left that year to become sales manager for Fred Fisher; Harry Engel (1894–1965), formerly the general manager in the Chicago office of Richmond-Robbins, replaced Winkler and the firm was eventually renamed Robbins-Engel, Inc.; after a hiatus from the music business, in 1927, Winkler became sales manager for a new publishing firm, Brown, and Henderson, Inc., a firm composed of Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, and Ray Henderson
  • Abe Silver, formerly with Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, Inc., was added to the staff in 1916;[28] in 1917, he was with Kalmar, Puck & Abrahams, Consolidated, Inc.
District managers
  • William (Willie) Horowitz (1896–1963), who had managed the Chicago office for T. B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter, Inc., was in 1917, promoted and moved to New York to become professional manager for T.B. Harms; he also, in 1917, with M. Witmark & Sons; in 1919, he was the Philadelphia Manager for Broadway Music Corporation
  • Dave Rose (né David Rose; born 1884, New York), Chicago manager, with the firm from at least 1914 through at least 1920; in 1913, he had been professional manager for Chicago office of George Meyers Music Co.
  • Al. Selden, a composer, was manager of the Philadelphia office in 1919
Staff composers and lyricists
  • Charles R. McCarron (1892–1919); once a staff lyricist for Broadway Music, McCarron was a staff writer for Joseph W. Stern & Co. when he died[29]
  • Sidney D. Mitchell
Unknown
  • Joe McCarthy (1885–1943), resigned in 1914 to work for Leo Feist
  • Alfred Clark Harriman (1889–1919), New York office[30]
  • Joseph Mittenthal (1880–1960), New York office, left the firm in 1921 to start his own music publishing company; he sold his catalog in 1923 to Jack Mills and F.B. Haviland Music Company (Frederick Benjamin Haviland; 1867–1932); in 1921, he was the general manager of McCarthy & Fisher; he also was a composer and lyricist
  • Dave Sherman (born 1886), opened the San Francisco office in 1920, but moved on to Adrian-Reece Publishing Company[d] that fall
  • Dorothy Marcus, listed as secretary at Broadway Music Corporation, was the wife of Henry Marcus
  • Charles Lang left the firm in 1945 to head Music Makers publishing firm, founded by Harry James, he stayed with Music Makers until April 1946, when it was sold to Edwin H. Morris & Company[31] In 1917, Lang left as business manager of Bernard Granville Music Co. to work for Jos. W. Stern[32] Also in 1917, he was the business manager of Bernard Granville Co. when it went out of business, then joined Kendis-Brockman Co.[33] In 1926, he formed a music publishing firm with Irving Bibo and Ed Rioeden. The 1926 article mentioned that he had been with E.B. Marks for 10 years.[34]
  • Marvin Lee, the Chicago writer, joined the Western office staff in 1918[35]
New[36]
  • Rubey Cowan (né Reuben Joel Cowan; 1891–1957),[37][38]father of notable publicist Warren Cowan[36]
  • Bob Russak (né Robert W. Russak; 1886–1932), who left publisher Gilbert and Friedland, Inc., in 1919, joined Broadway Music Corporation that same year; in 1920, he went on to become professional manager with Jack Mills[36]
  • Rose Fischer (born around 1878), in 1922, left a position in the New York office of Broadway Music to work with the professional department in the New York office of of Sherman, Clay & Co.[39] She was hired by Richard Powers, Sherman, Clay's general manager for the New York office; She married William C. Spiegel (born around 1875) in 1998 in San Francisco

Offices[edit]

New York
  • 1913–1921
Exchange Building
145 West 45th
2nd floor
  • 1921-1923
Robertson-Cole Building
723 7th Avenue at 48th Street
  • 1942–1944
Brill Building
1619 Broadway
San Francisco
  • Pantages Theatre Building
935 Market Street
Chicago
  • State-Lake Building
190 North State Street
Boston
  • 218 Tremont Street (opened in 1913)[40]
  • 240 Tremont Street
Philadelphia
  • 37 South 9th Street

Von Tilzer family[edit]

Will Von Tilzer was one of six brothers:

Von Tilzer brothers
Jules Von Tilzer
(1868–1954) 		(né Julius W. Gumbinsky) Served in various executive and director roles of the music firms of this brothers:
  • (i) 1912, manager at The York Music Co.; along with Albert Von Tilzer
  • (ii) 1919 returned to Broadway Music Corporation[36]
Sometime prior to 1920, he and his family became estranged from their relatives; Jules was stabbed, non-fatally, in the back below the shoulder while he was sleeping by his wife, Estelle (née Branter; 1881–1996), on March 2, 1920; the couple had reportedly engaged in several quarrels since Estelle was in an automobile accident in August 1919 near Lynbrook, Long Island, that, among other injuries, fractured her skull.[41][42]
Jack Von Tilzer
(1870–1945) 		(né Jacob Louis Gumbinsky) After serving as business manager for Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co. for several years, Jack Von Tilzer left in 1904 to co-found with Albert Von Tilzer The York Music Co. After managing Empire Music from about 1913 to 1918, he was, in July 1919, appointed sales manager of the New York branch office of United Artists Corporation.[43] His son, R. Russell Von Tilzer (1901–1926) had been married for less than 14 months, until death, to Helen (née Theaman; 1907–1976). Russell died 10 days after the birth of their first child, a daughter, Karlyn Olga Von Tilzer (born 1928); in 1929, Helen remarried the actor Gummo Marx, to whom she remained married for life;[44] in 1914, he co-composed with Sam S. Krams, (né Samuel Saul Krams; 1891–1970), "An Old Fashioned Girlie," James J. O'Dea (1870–1914), lyricist; and also co-composed with Krams "It's Great To Spoon To A Tango Tune," Cecil Mack, lyricist
Harry Von Tilzer
(1872–1946) 		(né Aaron Gumbinsky) As head of his own firm, the Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Company, he published more than 5,000 songs, most of which he wrote himself; he made and lost several fortunes on Broadway in producing and financing stage productions[45][46]
Albert Von Tilzer
(1878–1956) 		(né Elias Gumbinsky) Formed his own music publishing company in 1903, York Music Company, which published all of his own work. York was absorbed by Broadway Music Corporation, and replaced York as Albert's prime publishing firm[47]
Harris Harold Gumm
(1880–1973) 		(né Harris Harold Gumbinsky) A graduate of Columbia College (1901) and Columbia Law School (1904), kept his original surname; he practiced entertainment law — primarily theater, publishing, and copyright — and served in various director roles of the music firms of his brothers
Will Von Tilzer
(1882–1952) 		(né William U. Gumbinsky,
aka Wilbur Gumm)

They were all born to Jacob Gumbinsky (1848–1922) and Sarah Tilzer (maiden; 1848–1923). Jacob apparently shortened his surname to Gumm. Harry Von Tilzer — the first to hit it big in music, began using his mothers maiden name as early as 1893 while working for Breezy Point Co. in Chicago.[48] He added the prefix "Von" to give the name some panache, and four of his other brothers began using it, too.

Several Von Tilzers are buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, New York.

Other possible names[edit]

  • William Von Tilzer Music Company (circa 1918)

Advocacy[edit]

Broadway Music Corporation was a founding member of the Music Publishers' Protective Association (MPPA), which, when founded in 1917, sought to end the practice of publishers having to pay vaudeville theaters for performing their music. The payola was said to have reached $400,000 per song.[49] The MPPA mandate went into effect May 7, 1917.[50]

Research
Jos. Morris Co., 7 N. 9th Street, Philadelphia
Bernard Eyges (1893–1994), pianist and local manager
"Rock Me In My Swanee Cradle"
"To-Morrow Morning"

Selected cover artists, engravers, photographers, and artists' studios[edit]

Gene Buck (1885–1957)
Joseph Hirt (1879–1943)
R.S. (stem rose emblem) – Rosenbaum Studio, Morris Rosenbaum (1886–1957), who formed the studio in the 1910s
Irving Politzer (1898–1971)
Pol (Irving Politzer?)
E.E. Walton — (né Eralso Errol Walton; born 1876)[e]
André De Takacs (né Andréa Stephen Chevalier De Takacs; 1880–1919)
IM-HO
Gene Pressler (né Charles Eugene Pressler; 1893–1933)
  • "When You're Alone," words by Eugene West, music by Otis Spencer (1919)[26]
Frederick S. Manning (1874–1960)
Szabo Studio
Doc Rankin (1896–1954)
Malcolm Perret (né Charles Malcolm Perret; 1875–1948)
Frank E. Phares (né Frank Elberson Phares; 1892–1958)
Albert Wilfred Barbelle (1887–1957)
Floyd Studio (née Flora Coleman, aka C. Floyd Coleman; born approx 1877)[f][51]
Unknown cover artists

Cover art images[edit]

  • Cover artists
  • Rosenbaum Studio (1913)
    Rosenbaum Studio
    (1913)
  • Rosenbaum Studio (1920) Photo: Aileen Stanley
    Rosenbaum Studio
    (1920)
    Photo: Aileen Stanley
  • Rosenbaum Studio (1920)
    Rosenbaum Studio
    (1920)
  • E.E. Walton (1917)
    E.E. Walton
    (1917)
  • E.E. Walton (1918)
    E.E. Walton
    (1918)
  • E.E. Walton (1917)
    E.E. Walton
    (1917)
  • E.E. Walton (1919) Photo: Charlotte Greenwood
    E.E. Walton
    (1919)
    Photo: Charlotte Greenwood
  • E.E. Walton (1919) Photo: Mary Pickford
    E.E. Walton
    (1919)
    Photo: Mary Pickford
  • André De Takacs (1915)
    André De Takacs
    (1915)
  • André De Takacs (1915)
    André De Takacs
    (1915)
  • André De Takacs (1916)
    André De Takacs
    (1916)
  • Floyd Studio (1914) Photo: Pearl White
    Floyd Studio
    (1914)
    Photo: Pearl White
  • Cover artist: Unknown (1919)
    Cover artist: Unknown
    (1919)
  • Cover artist: Unknown (1919)
    Cover artist: Unknown
    (1919)

Selected recordings, acts, and filmography[edit]

  • "Put Your Arms Around Me Baby (I Never Knew Any Girl Like You) (1910)," m. Albert von Tilzer, w. Junie McCree (1865–1918)
(see title under 1910 in music)
  1. Collins & Harlan, singing duo, 1911 hit
  2. Coney Island, 1943 film
  3. Dick Haymes, 1943 hit recording
  4. The Bachelors, The Bachelors and 16 Great Songs, 1964 rock album
  5. Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats, Decca 6091A, 1943 78 rpm record
(see title under 1908 in music)
  1. Take Me Out to the Ball Game (film), 1949 film
  • "I'll Be With You" ("In Apple Blossom Time") (1920)
(see title under 1920 in music)
  1. The Platters, Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries, Mercury ‎MG-20589, 1961 album
  2. The Andrews Sisters, Brunswick ‎03174, 1941 hit
  • "You Made Me Love You" ("I Didn't Want to Do It") (1913)
(see title under 1913 in music)
  1. Broadway Melody of 1938, 1937 film

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

Notes and references[edit]

Notes
  1. ^ E.C. Mills (né Edwin Claude Mills; 1881–1959) was a an influential activist who galvanized music organizations, including ASCAP, on behalf of composers, publishers, and performers, initially, against broadcasters and payola in vaudeville performances.
  2. ^ From 1902 to 1912, Albert Von Tilzer was the manager of the music publishing company that he founded, the York Music Co., located at 40 West 28th Street, in the Tin Pan Alley district of Manhattan; Albert retired in 1912 to devote more time to scoring for film; two of his bothers, Jack and Jules, took over management
    "Al. Von Tilzer Out," New York Clipper, October 5, 1912, pg. 10, col. 1
    Jack stepped-out on his own, starting his own music publishing firm in the fall of 1913, "Empire Music Co., Inc.," located at 145 West 45th Street, Manhattan
    "Jack Von Tilzer Starts Again," New York Clipper, November 8, 1913, pg. 18, col. 4

  3. ^ Adrian-Reece Publishing Company, was a San Francisco based music publisher at 908 Market founded in 1919 by Arthur Angelo Reece (1881–1944), president, and Harold Adrian composer and organist; Karl Gus Fuhrman (1870–1947), formerly with Sherman, Clay & Co., was the manager ("Chat Among Publishers," Music Trades, July 5, 1919, pg. 45) Adrian was born in Madrid, Spain (born 1898). His full name was Armand Harold Adrian d'Aleria, but was also known as Armand M. d'Aleria. As an organist, he and his much older wife, Kate I. Nixon (née Kate Immogene Bacon; 1868–1939) — widow of George S. Nixon, former Governor of Nevada — were commonly billed as Count and Countess d'Aleria.
    US Court of Appeals, 9th Cir., Case 3895, "Kate I. d'Aleria vs. Charles Shirey," et al., 1922
    D'Aleria and Nixon were married in 1920, but were later divorced.
  4. ^ E.E. Walton (né Eralso Errol Walton; born 1876) ran his own studio, the Walton Art Studio, at 210 5th Avenue, New York City in 19342. In 1922, he was at 11½ West 26th Street, New York. His wife, Alice A. Walton, is listed as working A. E. Dittrich, Ltd., owned by Albert E. Dittrich, in East Orange, New Jersey; in 1918, he owned his own firm, Advertising Art & Engraving Co.
    "Advertising Art & Engraving Co. (TN)," R. L. Polk & Co.'s 1918–19 Trow New York Copartnership and Corporation Directory, Boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx," pg. 18; OCLC 48771148

  5. ^ Floyd Studio was the name of a portrait studio run by C. Floyd Coleman (née Flora Coleman; born approx. 1877), who, a widow, married a widower named Hamilton Bassett in 1914. She retained her maiden name in the profession, but also went by Caroline Floyd Cole Coleman Bassett. "Floyd" was her maternal grandfather's middle name and "Cole" was her father's middle name. Coleman specialized in head and bust shots of actors and actresses. Coleman filed for bankruptcy in 1920, as did her sister, Katharine Davison, a photographer at the same address at 46 5th Avenue (on 46th Street), New York City
    "Business Troubles," New York Herald, March 15, 1920, pg. 13

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Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 3 Musical Compositions, New Series, Library of Congress, Copyright Office
Original copyrights
Copyright renewals

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Inline citations
  1. ^ "Where The Von Tilzers Are," Billboard, July 18, 1914, pg. 12, col. 1
  2. ^ "Music Notes: Jules and Jack Von Tilzer," New York Clipper, October 19, 1912, pg. 13, col. 2
  3. ^ "Printing Firm Re-Forms," Variety (magazine) June 11, 1910, pg. 10
  4. ^ "In Melody Lane; York Music Co. Bankrupt," by Jack Edwards, New York Clipper, September 20, 1912, pg. 13, col. 5
  5. ^ measuringworth.com (retrieved November 5, 2015)
  6. ^ "Publishers Hard Hit," Billboard, December 7, 1912, pg. 7
  7. ^ "Will Von Tilzer, Music Publisher," New York Times, May 15, 1952
  8. ^ "Will Von Tilzer Withdraws," Billboard, February 22, 1913, pg. 16
  9. ^ "Albert Von Tilzer Withdraws From York Publishing Company and Will Enter the Producing Field," Billboard, October 12, 1912, pg. 9
  10. ^ "Jack Von Tilzer Starts Again," New York Clipper, November 13, 1918
  11. ^ "Store Blaze Draws Crowd," New York Press, July 16, 1915, pg. 8
  12. ^ "The Alcoholic Blues; Prohibition Making Song More Popular Than Ever," Billboard, July 29, 1919, pg. 18
  13. ^ "Music Men," Variety January 5, 1923, pg. 36, col. 3
  14. ^ "E.C. Mills," Talking Machine World, January 15, 1923, pg. 136, col. 3
  15. ^ "Sheet Music Trade Notes," Presto (magazine), January 27, 1923, pg. 23
  16. ^ "Bankruptcy Discharge Filed," New York Clipper, February 7, 1923, pg. 18
  17. ^ "Gold Buying Into B'dway and Rush Firms," Billboard, April 27, 1959, pg. 3
  18. ^ "Kassner & Sporn Publishing Firm Stock for Canada," Billboard, January 6, 1962
  19. ^ "Sporn Sets Up Advisory Firm," Billboard, May 14, 1966, pps. 1 & 10
  20. ^ "Sony/ATV Links With Catalogs," by Irv Lichtman, Billboard, October 17, 1998, pps. 10 & 98
  21. ^ "Art Company's New Songs," New York Dramatic Mirror, October 5, 1918, pg. 511
  22. ^ a b "Art Music Inc.'s New Manager," New York Clipper, April 4, 1917, pg. 16, col. 1
  23. ^ "Publications By Art Music, Inc.," Music Trade Review, Vol. 65, No. 23, December 8, 1917, pg. 138
  24. ^ a b "Bornstein Joins Irving Berlin, Inc.," The Music Trades, June 14, 1919, pg. 55
  25. ^ "Highclass ArtMusic Catalog A Distinct Success," Music Trade Review Vol. 66, No. 24, June 15, 1918, pg. 15
  26. ^ a b "ArtMusic Sells Song," New York Clipper, pg. 16, col. 4
  27. ^ "The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music" (Heinzman is in Vol. 1 of 3), William Harold Rehrig (born 1939) (ed.), Integrity Press (1996), pg. 332; OCLC 24606813
  28. ^ a b "Dan Winkler," Variety, Vol. 44, No. 8, October 20, 1916, pg. 9, col. 1
  29. ^ "Deaths Of The Week: Charles R. McCarron," New York Clipper, January 29, 1919, pg. 31
  30. ^ "Melody Lane: Al Harriman Dead," New York Clipper, January 29, 1919, pg. 15
  31. ^ "H. James. Pub. Co. Sold to Morris; Hyltone, Lang Out," Billboard, May 4, 1946, pg. 46
  32. ^ "Charles Lang With Stern," New York Clipper, November 21, 1917, pg. 14
  33. ^ "Bernard Granville Co. Closes," New York Clipper, November 7, 1917, pg. 14
  34. ^ "New Music Firm," Variety, March 3, 1926, pg. 40
  35. ^ "Marvin Lee With B'Way Co.", New York Clipper, January 31, 1918, pg. 12
  36. ^ a b c d "Jules Von Tilzer Returns," New York Clipper, September 16, 1919, pg. 5
  37. ^ "Rubey Cowan," ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, (3rd ed.), New York: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (1966); OCLC 843009659
  38. ^ "Rubey Cowan," Biography Index, Vol. 4, September 1955 – August 1958, H.W. Wilson Co. (1960); ISSN 0006-3053
  39. ^ "Notes from Melody Land," Music Trades, December 30, 1922, pg. 41
  40. ^ "Expanding," New York Clipper, August 30, 1913, pg. 16, col. 3
  41. ^ "Wife Stabs Jules Von Tilzer" Variety, Vol. 58, No. 2, March 3, 1920, pg. 6
  42. ^ "Shorter News Items," The Post (Ellicottville, New York: Northrup Printing Works), March 3, 1920
  43. ^ "Jack Von Tilzer Opens New York Office for United Artists Corporation," Billboard, August 2, 1919, pg. 21
  44. ^ "Matter of Marx, Helen Marx vs. Jack and Isabelle Von Tilzer," New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department.·230 App. Div. 127 (N.Y. App. Div. 1930), June 23, 1930, Casetext, Inc. (2014 Palo Alto startup, Jake Heller; né Jacob Mattathias Heller, born 1984, CEO & co-founder)
  45. ^ "Von Tilzer Will Filed for Probate," Nassau Daily Review-Star (Hempstead, New York), March 11, 1946, pg. 1, col. 6 of 8
  46. ^ "The Honor Roll of Popular Songwriters" (series):
        "Harry and Albert Von Tilzer"
          By Jack Burton (1885–1971), Billboard
            (Part  I), April  9, 1949, pg. 44
            (Part II), April 16, 1949, pg. 50
  47. ^ The Index of American Popular Music, by Jack Burton (1885–1971), Watkins Glen, New York: Century House (1957); OCLC 598261
  48. ^ "Indianopolis," New York Dramatic Mirror, June 3, 1893, pg. 6, col. 1 (near the bottom)
  49. ^ "BMI Counsel Deals With 'Puff' Tales"Billboard, April 21, 1958, pg. 3
  50. ^ "Song Payments End This Week," Variety, May 4, 1917, pg. 3
  51. ^ "News and Notes: C. Floyd Coleman," Bulletin of Photography, John Bartlett, Frank V. Chambers (eds.), Vol. 14, No. 351, April 29, 1914, pg. 532
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