Max Kortlander (1890-1961)
Last updated: 01.01.26
Max Kortlander was an American pianist and composer of popular music born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was a significant person at the QRS roll company after staring cutting rolls as a teen-ager alongside many major pianists of the time including Zez Confrey, Lee S. Roberts and Thomas Waller. He used the names Ted Baxter and Jeff Watters as pseudonyms particularly when cutting four hand arrangements. He was made General Manager of the QRS laboratories in New York City just after WW1 and went on to take over the company when it collapsed in 1931 and renamed it The Imperial Industrial Corporation. He ran the corporation successfully until his death. His song Tell Me (1919), words by J. Will Callahan, was a huge success and its sale to Jerome H. Remick & Co. is said to have been the basis of his fortune.
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Max Kortlander | Biography by "Perfesser" Bill Edwards |
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Bygones (1922) | Harry Alpert | Unknown |
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Felix the Cat (1928) | P. Wendling | James Pitt-Payne |
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Lover's Waltz (1924) | Henri De Martini | James Pitt-Payne |
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Red Clover (1923) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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Tell Me (1919) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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To Be With You (1926) | Willie Jones | Fred Feild |
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Blue Moon (1918) | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. | A/T/T/T/B/GB(B) |
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Red Clover (1923) | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. | A/T/T/B/GB(B) |
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Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere (1920) | M. Kortlander (music) L. Weslyn (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP YorkSpace |
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Bygones (1922) | M. Kortlander (music) Harry Alpert (coauth.) L. Weslyn (words) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer YorkSpace |
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Felix the Cat (1928) | M. Kortlander (music) P. Wendling (coauth.) A. Bryan (words) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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Gee, I'll Miss You When You're Gone (1923) | M. Kortlander (music) J. Will Callahan (words) |
Piano, Voice | YorkSpace | |
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Hot Tamale Mollie (1920) | M. Kortlander (music) L. Weslyn (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Hottentot Trot (1924), The | M. Kortlander (music) S. Coslow (words) |
Piano, Voice | YorkSpace | |
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Lover's Waltz (1924) | M. Kortlander (music) Henri De Martini (coauth.) J. Yellen (words) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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⇑Ragtime Sailor Man (1917), The | M. Kortlander (music) J. Will Callahan (words) |
Piano, Orchestra | IMSLP | |
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Tell Me (1919) | M. Kortlander (music) J. Will Callahan (words) Rubye de Remer (perf.) Rubye de Remer (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana Sheet Music Singer |
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To Be With You (1926) | M. Kortlander (music) Willie Jones (coauth.) J. Yellen (words) J. Garber (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 25 works by Max Kortlander (1890-1961).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Chicken Pranks | 1917 | Lee S. Roberts (co-author) | |
| Ragtime Sailor Man, The | 1917 | J. Will Callahan (words) | Pub. |
| Blue Moon | 1918 | Lee S. Roberts (co-author) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) |
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| Drop Me Down in Dixieland | 1918 | J. Will Callahan (words) | Pub. |
| Shimmie Shoes | 1918 | |
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| Tell Me | 1919 | J. Will Callahan (words) Rubye de Remer (perf.) |
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| Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere | 1920 | Louis Weslyn (words) | |
| Blue Clover | 1920 | Pub. | |
| Funeral Rag | 1920 |  |
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| Hot Tamale Mollie | 1920 | Louis Weslyn (words) | Pub. |
| Sing Love's Alphabet With Me Bebe-D | 1921 | Bebe Daniels (perf.) | |
| ⇑ Bygones | 1922 | Harry Alpert (co-author) Louis Weslyn (words) |
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| Hunting the Ball Rag | 1922 | |
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| Deuces Wild | 1923 | Pub. | |
| Gee, I'll Miss You When You're Gone | 1923 | J. Will Callahan (words) | Pub. |
| Red Clover | 1923 | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) | Pub. |
| Hottentot Trot, The | 1924 | Sam Coslow (words) | |
| I'm a Good Gal But I'm a Thousand Miles From Home | 1924 | Spencer Williams (words) | |
| Lover's Waltz | 1924 | Henri De Martini (co-author) Jack Yellen (words) |
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| Ain't I Got Rosie | 1926 | Pete Wendling (words) Willie Raskin (words) |
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| To Be With You | 1926 | Willie Jones (co-author) Jack Yellen (words) Jan Garber (perf.) |
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| Felix the Cat | 1928 | Pete Wendling (co-author) Alfred Bryan (words) |
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| Moonlight Down in Lovers' Lane | 1933 | George B.Pitman (words) Bartley Costello (words) |
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| ⇑ Let's Try It | ? | ||
| Li'l Joe | ? |