Bert Grant (12 July 1878 – 9 May 1951[n 1]) was an American composer, pianist, and charter member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.[2]
Biography edit
He was born in New York in 1878.[3]
He worked for both Tin Pan Alley music publishers and Broadway theater companies.[4]
He performed the first musical broadcast from Roselle Park, New Jersey.[5]
Selected works edit
- "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 edit
- Cinderella on Broadway[6]
Awards edit
Seventeen of his songs are in the National Jukebox at the Library of Congress.[7]
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ Gottlieb, Jack (2012). Funny, It Doesn't Sound Jewish: How Yiddish Songs and Synagogue Melodies Influenced Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, and Hollywood. New York: SUNY Press. p. 239. ISBN 978-0791485026.
- ^ "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 978-0786429462.
- ^ Bordman, Gerald Martin; Norton, Richard (2010). American musical theatre: a chronicle. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 401. ISBN 9780199729708.
- ^ "Artists | Bert Grant | National Jukebox LOC.gov". www.loc.gov. Archived from the original on 2013-01-19.