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Bert Grant

Bert Grant

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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

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

Selected Broadway credits

  • Cinderella on Broadway[6]

Awards

Seventeen of his songs are in the National Jukebox at the Library of Congress.[7]

Notes

  1. [n 1]
    21st century source such as this[1] refers to Bert Grant's death as 10 May 1951.

References

  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    "Bert Grant". IMDb.com.
  3. [3]
    Tyler, Don (2016). Music of the First World War. Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC. p. 234. ISBN 9781440839962.
  4. [4]
    League, The Broadway. "Bert Grant – Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB". IBDB.com.
  5. [5]
    Tyler, Don (2007). Hit Songs, 1900-1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 400. ISBN 978-0786429462.
  6. [6]
    Bordman, Gerald Martin; Norton, Richard (2010). American musical theatre: a chronicle. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 401. ISBN 9780199729708.
  7. [7]
    "Artists | Bert Grant | National Jukebox LOC.gov". www.loc.gov. Archived from the original on 2013-01-19.
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