Tom Mayo Geary

Songsheet

Tom Mayo Geary was a composer. His songs were recorded on Victor and Columbia.[1] He worked with lyricists including Harry J. Breen. Sheet music for his songs was published.

Life and career edit

He worked as a manager at Harold Rossiter Music Company's Chicago office.[2][3] He also managed the Chicago office of Morse Co.[4]

Songs edit

  • "The Airships Parade"[5]
  • "The Man With the Ladder and the Hose"[6]
  • My Rose of Tipperary"[7][8][9]
  • "Ev’ry Morn I Bring Her Chicken" (Two Step) 1903[10]
  • "Your Dad Gave His Life For His Country" (March & Two Step) 1903[10]
  • "The Man with the Ladder and the Hose"
  • "A Pipe Dream", with Harry Breen lyricist
  • "I Wonder Will You Always Call Me Honey", words by Harry J. Breen
  • "Ev'ry Morn I Bring Her Chicken. A Coon's Answer to "Violets""
  • "The Sons of Ham. A Tale From the Garden of Eden", lyrics by Harry J. Breen[11]

Recordings edit

  • "The sons of Ham" sung by Dan W. Quinn on Victor March 13, 1902
  • "O! O! Miss Caroline" sung by Silas Leachman on Victor July 3, 1902
  • "The Furniture Man" sung by Burt Shepard on Victor February 26, 1901
  • "A Pipe Dream" sung by Dan W. Quinn on Victor June 25, 1903
  • "Ev'ry Morn I Bring Her Chicken" sung by Arthur Collins on Victor June 25, 1903
  • "The Man With the Ladder and the Hose sung by Billy Murray on Victor May 28, 1904[1]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "T. Mayo Geary". Discography of American Historical Recordings.
  2. ^ https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/server/api/core/bitstreams/3ed4141d-5f36-4357-a8d8-51bac121d8d3/content
  3. ^ "Article clipped from The Inter Ocean". The Inter Ocean. July 6, 1913. p. 26 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "eLibrary: Music Trade Review - Issue: 1910 Vol. 50 N. 20 - Page 57". Museum of the Game.
  5. ^ "Geary, T. Mayo". library.si.edu. March 2, 2015.
  6. ^ "The man with the ladder and the hose [music] / by T. Mayo Geary - Catalogue | National Library of Australia". catalogue.nla.gov.au.
  7. ^ Mullen, John (September 18, 2018). Popular Song in the First World War: An International Perspective. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-06866-6 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. Library of Congress, Copyright Office. 1943.
  9. ^ Catalogue of Title-entries of Books and Other Articles Entered in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, Under the Copyright Law ... Wherein the Copyright Has Been Completed by the Deposit of Two Copies in the Office. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1915.
  10. ^ a b "Geary, T. Mayo | Florida State University ArchivesSpace". archives.lib.fsu.edu.
  11. ^ "T. Mayo Geary (composer's research works".

Category:American composers