Arthur Lange (1889-1959)
Last updated: 29.01.24
Arthur Lange was a New York orchestra leader and Tin Pan Alley composer of popular music born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He is known to have written the music for some 40 titles published between 1909 and 1924. The lyricists with whom he worked include Andrew B. Sterling, Bernie Grossman and Jeff Branen. There is also speculation that he was possibly the composer of On Again, a march two step, when just a precocious lad of 10-years old in 1899. Of ragtime interest are his Rag a Muffin Rag (1909) and Parisian Rag (1918).
He died in Washington D.C
He is known to have written the music for some 40 titles published between 1909 and 1924. The lyricists with whom he worked include Andrew B. Sterling, Bernie Grossman and Jeff Branen. There is also speculation that he was possibly the composer of On Again, a march two step, when just a precocious lad of 10-years old in 1899. Of ragtime interest are his Rag a Muffin Rag (1909) and Parisian Rag (1918).
He died in Washington D.C
| Title (Release Year) | Co-Author(s) | Performers | Issue |
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On the Old Front Porch (1914) | Ada Jones Billy Murray |
Edison Blue Amberol: 2129 | |
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America, Here's My Boy (1917) | George Wilton Ballard | Edison Blue Amberol: 3239 | |
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Could the Dreams of a Dreamer Come True? (1916) | George Wilton Ballard | Edison Blue Amberol: 2831 | |
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Just One Day (1917) | George Wilton Ballard | Edison Blue Amberol: 3080 | |
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Lo-La-Lo (1922) | Ernest Klapholz | Lanin's Orchestra | Edison Blue Amberol: 4531 |
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There's a Little White Church in the Valley (1915) | I. Kaufman | Edison Blue Amberol: 2717 | |
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Tho' I'm Not the First to Call You Sweetheart (1917) | George Wilton Ballard | Edison Blue Amberol: 3173 | |
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When It's Orange Blossom Time in Loveland (1916) | George Wilton Ballard | Edison Blue Amberol: 2923 | |
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Where Can I Meet You To-Night? (1914) | Ada Jones Billy Murray |
Edison Blue Amberol: 2311 |
| Title (Release Year) | Composer | Performers | Issue |
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America, Here's My Boy (1917) | A. Lange | George Wilton Ballard | Edison: 5514 |
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Could the Dreams of a Dreamer Come True? (1915) | A. Lange | George Wilton Ballard | Edison: 4257 |
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In the Garden (1914) | A. Lange | Ada Jones George Wilton Ballard |
Columbia: 39587 |
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In the Sweet Long Ago (1916) | A. Lange | George Wilton Ballard | Edison: 5208 |
| Title | Attribution | Instruments | Source | Remarks |
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America, Here's My Boy (1917) | A. Lange (music) A.B. Sterling (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana |
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Ashes of My Heart (1916), The | A. Lange (music) J.T. Branen (words) Edith Blinn (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Back in the Old Town Tonight (1916) | A. Lange (music) J.T. Branen (words) Clarence S. Wadsworth (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Beautiful Chimes at Sunset (1914) | A. Lange (music) | Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Beside the Sea at Waikiki (1916) | A. Lange (music) B. Grossman (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Bride and the Groom (1915), The | A. Lange (music) Jeff Branen (words) |
Piano, Voice | Kirk | |
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Could the Dreams of a Dreamer Come True? (1915) | A. Lange (music) Jeff Branen (words) Vaughn Comfort (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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⇑Eyes of the World (1914), The | Kay Laurell (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | YorkSpace | |
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I'd Give Heaven and Earth For You (1916) | A. Lange (music) J.T. Branen (words) |
Piano, Voice | YorkSpace | Pub. |
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I'll Build a Castle in Loveland (1910) | A. Lange (music) J.T. Branen (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | |
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I'm Just As Good As Single (1915) | A. Lange (music) A. Lange (coauth.) J.T. Branen (words) Bert Fitzgibbons (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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In a Boat For Two (1921) | A. Lange (music) Licco Liggy (coauth.) Ernest Klapholz (coauth.) Herman Ruby (words) |
Piano, Voice | YorkSpace | |
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In the Garden (1914) | A. Lange (music) Archie Fletcher (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP YorkSpace |
Pub. |
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Just a Little Bit of Green (1913) | A. Lange (music) Jeff T. Branen (words) Ethel Green (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | YorkSpace | Pub. |
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Just One Day (1916) | A. Lange (music) B. Heath (words) Howard, Kibel & Herbert (perf.) Kathryn Miley (perf.) Howard, Kibel & Herbert (perf.) Kathryn Miley (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana Indiana YorkSpace YorkSpace |
Pub. |
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⇑Lo-La-Lo (1922) | A. Lange (music) Ernest Klapholz (coauth.) Harry Bache Smith (words) Francis Wheeler (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Mother's Prayer For Her Boy Out There (1918), A | A. Lange (music) A.B. Sterling (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Nobody Else But You (1916) | A. Lange (music) Jimmy Hollis (words) |
Piano, Voice | YorkSpace | Pub. |
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On an Island Surrounded by Girls (1916) | A. Lange (music) Jeff T. Branen (words) Ray Fern (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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On the Old Front Porch (1913) | A. Lange (music) B. Heath (words) Gilbert & Lewis (perf.) Gilbert & Lewis (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana YorkSpace |
Pub. |
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Raus Mit Der Kaiser (1917) | A. Lange (music) A.B. Sterling (words) Bartley Costello (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Santa Rosa (1916) | A. Lange (music) Jeff T. Branen (words) Eva Shirley (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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So Long Sal (1918) | A. Lange (music) Andrew B Sterling (words) Haymakers (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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⇑There's a Heart in Virginia For You (1917) | A. Lange (music) A.B. Sterling (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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They'll Know We're Over! Bye and Bye (1917) | A. Lange (music) Will H. Dixon (words) Si Jenks (perf.) Victoria Allen (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Those Hawaiian Melodies (1916) | A. Lange (music) A. Gerber (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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To Lou (1915) | A. Lange (music) Jeff Branen (words) |
Piano, Voice | Kirk | Pub. |
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Virginia Lee (1915) | A. Lange (music) J.T. Branen (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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We're Going Over the Top (1918) | A. Lange (music) Bobby Henshaw (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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What'll We Do With Him Boys? (1918) | A. Lange (music) A.B. Sterling (words) W.J. Reilly (perf.) U.S.N. W.J. Reilly (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana |
Pub. |
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When It's Orange Blossom Time in Loveland (1915) | A. Lange (music) Jeff Branen (words) |
Piano, Voice | Greer Indiana |
Pub. |
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⇑When the Parson Hands the Wedding Band From Me to Mandy Lee (1917) | A. Lange (music) B. Grossman (words) Curtis & Rubell (perf.) Two Smalls (perf.) Florence R. Rayfield (perf.) Valeska Winter (perf.) Happy Bill Smith (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana YorkSpace YorkSpace YorkSpace |
Pub. |
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When Yankee Doodle Marches Thro' Berlin There'll Be a Hot Time in the U.S.A. (1917) | A. Lange (music) Andrew B. Sterling (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Where Can I Meet You To-Night? (1914) | A. Lange (music) Edgar Farran (words) Edward Miller (perf.) Helene Vincent (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 65 works by Arthur Lange (1889-1959).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER
(w&m)
(w&m)
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| On Again | 1899 | |
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| I Love My Wife But Oh! Her Family | 1909 | Jeff Branen (words) | |
| Rag a Muffin Rag | 1909 | |
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| I'll Build a Castle in Loveland | 1910 | Jeff T. Branen (words) | |
| Eyes of the World, The | 1913 | Jeff Branen (words) Kay Laurell (perf.) |
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| Just a Little Bit of Green | 1913 | Jeff T. Branen (words) Ethel Green (perf.) |
Pub. |
| On the Old Front Porch | 1913 | Bobby Heath (words) Gilbert & Lewis (perf.) Ada Jones (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Tango Town | 1913 | Jack Wells (words) Alfred Bryan (words) |
Pub. |
| Beautiful Chimes at Sunset | 1914 | Pub. | |
| Come on and La-La With Me | 1914 | Jeff Branen (words) | Pub. |
| In the Garden | 1914 | Archie Fletcher (words) George Wilton Ballard (perf.) Gene Gomez (perf.) Ada Jones (perf.) |
Pub. |
| ⇑ Pick of the Family, The | 1914 | Jeff Branen (words) Sidney Jarvis (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Where Can I Meet You To-Night? | 1914 | Edgar Farran (words) Ada Jones (perf.) Edward Miller (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.) Helene Vincent (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Bride and the Groom, The | 1915 | Jeff Branen (words) | Pub. |
| Could the Dreams of a Dreamer Come True? | 1915 | Jeff Branen (words) George Wilton Ballard (perf.) Vaughn Comfort (perf.) Fannie Purcell (perf.) |
Pub. |
| I'm Just As Good As Single | 1915 | Arthur Lange (co-author) Jeff T. Branen (words) Bert Fitzgibbons (perf.) |
Pub. |
| I'm Just As Good As Single I've Sent My Wife Away | 1915 | Jeff T. Nenarb (words) | Pub. |
| Kentucky Rosebuds | 1915 | Pub. | |
| Song, A | 1915 | Jeff Branen (words) | |
| Summer Moon | 1915 |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| There's a Little White Church in the Valley | 1915 | Jeff Branen (words) Irving Kaufman (perf.) |
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| To Lou | 1915 | Jeff Branen (words) | Pub. |
| Virginia Lee | 1915 | Jeff T. Branen (words) | Pub. |
| What Money Can't Buy | 1915 | Monroe H. Rosenfeld (words) Eva Tanguay (perf.) |
Pub. |
| When It's Orange Blossom Time in Loveland | 1915 | Jeff Branen (words) George Wilton Ballard (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Ashes of My Heart, The | 1916 | Jeff T. Branen (words) Edith Blinn (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Back in the Old Town Tonight | 1916 | Jeff T. Branen (words) Clarence S. Wadsworth (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Beside the Sea at Waikiki | 1916 | Bernie Grossman (words) | Pub. |
| I'd Give Heaven and Earth For You | 1916 | Jeff T. Branen (words) | Pub. |
| In the Sweet Long Ago | 1916 | Alfred Solman (co-author) Bobby Heath (words) George Wilton Ballard (perf.) |
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| Just One Day | 1916 | Bobby Heath (words) George Wilton Ballard (perf.) Emelie Benner (perf.) Bob Hall (perf.) Howard, Kibel & Herbert (perf.) Kathryn Miley (perf.) |
Pub. |
| ⇑ Nobody Else But You | 1916 | Jimmy Hollis (words) | Pub. |
| On an Island Surrounded by Girls | 1916 | Jeff T. Branen (words) Ray Fern (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Santa Rosa | 1916 | Jeff T. Branen (words) Eva Shirley (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Someone in Dixieland | 1916 | Jeff Branen (words) Neary &. Miller (perf.) Arthur La Vine (perf.) |
Pub. |
| That Girl of Mine | 1916 | Will A. Dillon (words) Harry Tobias (words) |
Pub. |
| Tho' I'm Not the First to Call You Sweetheart | 1916 | Bernie Grossman (words) George Wilton Ballard (perf.) Ormi Hawley (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Those Hawaiian Melodies | 1916 | Alex Gerber (words) | Pub. |
| America, Here's My Boy | 1917 | Andrew B. Sterling (words) George Wilton Ballard (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Goodbye, That Means You | 1917 | Andrew B. Sterling (words) | Pub. |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| It's a Long Way Back to Mother's Knee | 1917 | |
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| Look Out For the Irish Tonight (w&m) | 1917 | Pub. | |
| My Heart's To-Night in Old New Hampshire | 1917 | Andrew B. Sterling (words) | Pub. |
| Oh, You Naughty Little Girlie | 1917 | Murray Roth (words) | Pub. |
| Raus Mit Der Kaiser | 1917 | Andrew B. Sterling (words) Bartley Costello (words) |
Pub. |
| She's Just a Little Bit Old Fashioned | 1917 | Bernie Grossman (words) Ed Morton (perf.) |
Pub. |
| There's a Heart in Virginia For You | 1917 | Andrew B. Sterling (words) | Pub. |
| There's Something About You That Makes Me Love You | 1917 | Henry Lewis (words) Bernie Grossman (words) Henry Lewis (perf.) |
Pub. |
| They'll Know We're Over! Bye and Bye | 1917 | Will H. Dixon (words) Victoria Allen (perf.) Si Jenks (perf.) |
Pub. |
| We're Going Over | 1917 | Andrew B. Sterling (words) Bernie Grossman (words) |
Pub. |
| When Rosie Riccoola Do the Hoola Ma Boola | 1917 | Andrew B. Sterling (words) | Pub. |
| ⇑ When the Parson Hands the Wedding Band From Me to Mandy Lee | 1917 | Bernie Grossman (words) Neary Bros (perf.) Curtis & Rubell (perf.) Irene Law (perf.) Lovenberg Sisters (perf.) Florence Rayfield (perf.) Two Smalls (perf.) Happy Bill Smith (perf.) Valeska Winter (perf.) |
Pub. |
| When Yankee Doodle Marches Thro' Berlin There'll Be a Hot Time in the U.S.A. | 1917 | Andrew B. Sterling (words) | Pub. |
| Where the Yang-Tze Ki-Ang Flows | 1917 | Bernie Grossman (words) | Pub. |
| You've Got to Take the Good With the Bad | 1917 | Andrew Sterling (words) Florence Rayfield (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Just a Letter For a Boy Over There | 1918 | Alfred Solman (co-author) Andrew B. Sterling (co-author) |
Pub. |
| Mother's Prayer For Her Boy Out There, A | 1918 | Andrew B. Sterling (words) | Pub. |
| Parisian Rag | 1918 | Jeff T. Branen (co-author) | |
| So Long Sal | 1918 | Andrew B Sterling (words) Haymakers (perf.) |
Pub. |
| We're Going Over the Top | 1918 | Bobby Henshaw (perf.) Gwen Lewis (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| What'll We Do With Him Boys? | 1918 | Andrew B. Sterling (words) W.J. Reilly (perf.) |
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| Who Said Dixie? | 1918 | Andrew B Sterling (words) Bernie Grossman (words) Anna Kerwin (perf.) |
Pub. |
| In a Boat For Two | 1921 | Licco Liggy (co-author) Ernest Klapholz (co-author) Herman Ruby (words) |
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| Lo-La-Lo | 1922 | Ernest Klapholz (co-author) Harry Bache Smith (words) Francis Wheeler (words) Lanin's Orchestra (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Ask Her | 1924 | Willy White (co-author) Bernie Grossman (words) |
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