Mack cecil and chris smith (2 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Born in Portsmouth, Virginia, Mack started writing song lyrics, starting with "Good Morning, Carrie" in 1901. He co-founded the Gotham-Attucks Music Publishing Company in May 1905, in New York City; it was likely the first black owned music publishing company and this was one of its earliest productions. In 1907 he wrote the lyrics for the musical The Black Politician and in 1925 he co-wrote the book for the musical Mooching Along. In 1931 he co-wrote the music for the musical Rhapsody in Black. Mack died in New York, aged 70. His obituary observed that "Not even Irving Berlin exceeded the output of this talented New York Negro. According to Wikipedia: Cecil Mack's songs were pure fun and never had an off-color line." He was married to Dr. Gertrude Curtis, a pioneering African-American dentist who had an office in Harlem. Oversized, 4pps, 1st edn, VG, featured in Marrying Mary.…

Softcover. Condizione: Good. This sheet music has much edge, corner and surface wear including tears, chips, scuffs and minor creasing (mainly at corners). However, there is no major area of damage. It is in the G range. The lyrics were written by Cecil Mack (born R. C. McPherson) was a prolific African-American songwriter. He was mainly a lyricist who also founded the first African-American music publishing company in New York, Gotham Music, which later merged with Attucks Music. (This sheet music was published by Gotham-Attucks.) Mack was responsible for publishing many of the songs made famous by Bert Williams and George Walker. Chris Smith was mainly a composer, who frequently worked with Mack. His most famous work was "Ballin' the Jack," though he wrote many popular tunes near the turn of the 20th century. This sheet music thus features two African-American songwriters with an African-American publishing company. The photograph on the cover, though, is of the white "coon" singer, Clarice Vance. SMAA ; Sheet Music; Tinted Drawing.…