Bert Grant

Bert Grant (1878 – 1951) was an American 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

Seventeen of his songs are in the National Jukebox at the Library of Congress.[6]

References

1. "Bert Grant". IMDb.com.
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.
4. Tyler, Don (2007). Hit Songs, 1900-1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 400. ISBN 0786429461.
5. Bordman, Gerald Martin; Norton, Richard (2010). American musical theatre: a chronicle. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 401. ISBN 9780199729708.
6. https://www.loc.gov/jukebox/artists/detail/id/761/