Ruth Nelta

Overview

All that can presently (November 2023) be gleaned about Ruth Nelta from sheet music covers and by Internet searching is that she was presumably an American actress/singer who has been featured on 4 works published between 1899 and 1904.
Her portrait on the left is taken from My Honolulu Queen - Song (1899) music by William H. Penn, words by James O'Dea and published by Sol Bloom, New York & Chicago, USA.
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	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


	Little Boy Called ''Taps'' (1904), A	T.F. Morse (music) E. Madden (words) Ruth Nelta (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Greer
	My Honolulu Queen - Song (1899)	W.H. Penn (music) James O'Dea (words) Ruth Nelta (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana

Works

This list is arranged by composer and contains 4 works performed by Ruth Nelta who is featured on sheet music covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


You Tell Me Your Dream, I'll Tell You Mine (1899)	Charles Neil Daniels	Seymour Rice (words) Albert H. Brown (words) Marguerite Andersen (perf.) Bob Atcher (perf.) Etta Butler (perf.) Bonnie Blue Eyes (perf.) Maple City Four (perf.) Ruth Nelta (perf.) Lawrence Welk (perf.)
Blue Bell (1904)	Theodore F. Morse	Edward Madden (words) Albert Benzler (perf.) Effie Brooklin (perf.) Anna Driver (perf.) Frederick W. Hager (perf.) Irene Jernon (perf.) Dolly Jordan (perf.) Lillian Mills (perf.) Ruth Nelta (perf.) Nellie Nichols (perf.) The Rogers (perf.) Alma Doergo Stirling (perf.) Lillian Tyce (perf.)
Little Boy Called ''Taps'' (1904), A	Theodore F. Morse	Edward Madden (words) Mildred Hanson (perf.) Madge Lessing (perf.) Mildred Manson (perf.) Ruth Nelta (perf.) Violette (perf.) Wilkes & Butler (perf.)	Pub.
My Honolulu Queen - Song (1899)	William H. Penn	James O'Dea (words) Lucy Daly (perf.) Anna Held (perf.) Ruth Nelta (perf.)