Bert Grant

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]

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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.
https://www.loc.gov/jukebox/artists/detail/id/761/

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[1] "Bert Grant". IMDB.com.

[MusicofWW1-2] Tyler, Don (2016). Music of the First World War. Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC. p. 234. ISBN 9781440839962.

[3] League, The Broadway. "Bert Grant – Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB". IBDB.com.

[Tyler-4] Tyler, Don (2007). Hit Songs, 1900-1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 400. ISBN 0786429461.

[Bordman-5] Bordman, Gerald Martin; Norton, Richard (2010). American musical theatre: a chronicle. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 401. ISBN 9780199729708.

[6] ttps://www.loc.gov/jukebox/artists/detail/id/761/