Bert Grant (12 July 1878 – 9 May 1951n 1) was an American composer, pianist, and charter member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.2
Biography
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
- "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 Broadway6
Awards
Seventeen of his songs are in the National Jukebox at the Library of Congress.7
References
References
- 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.