Bert Grant
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Bert Grant (1878–1951) was a composer, pianist, and charter member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.[1]
Biography
He was born in New York in 1878.[2]
He worked for both Tin Pan Alley music publishers and Broadway theater companies.[3]
He performed the first musical broadcast from Roselle Park, New Jersey.[4]
Selected works
- Along the Rocky Road to Dublin
- Arrah Go On, I'm Gonna Go Back To Oregon
- Blue Bird
- If I Knock the 'L' out of Kelly
- In the Light of the Same Old Moon
- The Trolley Car Swing
- The Worst Is Yet to Come
- When the Angelus is Ringing
- When The Sun Goes Down In Romany: My Heart Goes Roaming Back To You
- When You're Away
Selected Broadway credits
- Cinderella on Broadway[5]
Awards
17 of his songs are in the National Jukebox at the Library of Congress.[6]
References
- ↑ "Bert Grant". IMDB.com.
- ↑ Tyler, Don (2016). Music of the First World War. Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC,. p. 234. ISBN 9781440839962.
- ↑ League, The Broadway. "Bert Grant – Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB". IBDB.com.
- ↑ Tyler, Don (2007). Hit Songs, 1900-1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 400. ISBN 0786429461.
- ↑ Bordman, Gerald Martin; Norton, Richard (2010). American musical theatre: a chronicle. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 401. ISBN 9780199729708.
- ↑ http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/artists/detail/id/761/
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