Arthur Lange (1889-1959)

Overview

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

Cylinders

	Title (Release Year)	Co-Author(s)	Performers	Issue


On the Old Front Porch (1914)		Ada Jones Billy Murray	Edison Blue Amberol: 2129
America, Here's My Boy (1917)		George Wilton Ballard	Edison Blue Amberol: 3239
Could the Dreams of a Dreamer Come True? (1916)		George Wilton Ballard	Edison Blue Amberol: 2831
Just One Day (1917)		George Wilton Ballard	Edison Blue Amberol: 3080
Lo-La-Lo (1922)	Ernest Klapholz	Lanin's Orchestra	Edison Blue Amberol: 4531
There's a Little White Church in the Valley (1915)		I. Kaufman	Edison Blue Amberol: 2717
Tho' I'm Not the First to Call You Sweetheart (1917)		George Wilton Ballard	Edison Blue Amberol: 3173
When It's Orange Blossom Time in Loveland (1916)		George Wilton Ballard	Edison Blue Amberol: 2923
Where Can I Meet You To-Night? (1914)		Ada Jones Billy Murray	Edison Blue Amberol: 2311

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	Beside the Sea at Waikiki (1916)		James Pitt-Payne
	From Me to Mandy Lee (1917)		Unknown
	In the Garden (1914)		James Pitt-Payne

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


America, Here's My Boy (1917)	A. Lange	George Wilton Ballard	Edison: 5514
Could the Dreams of a Dreamer Come True? (1915)	A. Lange	George Wilton Ballard	Edison: 4257
In the Garden (1914)	A. Lange	George Wilton Ballard Ada Jones	Columbia: 39587
In the Sweet Long Ago (1916)	A. Lange	George Wilton Ballard	Edison: 5208

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


	Ragtime Music CDs:
	Bill Edwards	Whipped Cream Rag

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


America, Here's My Boy (1917)	A. Lange (music) A.B. Sterling (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana
Ashes of My Heart (1916), The	A. Lange (music) J.T. Branen (words) Edith Blinn (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Back in the Old Town Tonight (1916)	A. Lange (music) J.T. Branen (words) Clarence S. Wadsworth (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Beautiful Chimes at Sunset (1914)	A. Lange (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Beside the Sea at Waikiki (1916)	A. Lange (music) B. Grossman (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Could the Dreams of a Dreamer Come True? (1915)	A. Lange (music) Jeff Branen (words) Vaughn Comfort (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Eyes of the World (1913), The	A. Lange (music) Jeff Branen (words) Kay Laurell (perf.)	Piano, Voice	YorkSpace	Pub.
⇑From Me to Mandy Lee (1917)	A. Lange (music) B. Grossman (words) Curtis & Rubell (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
I'd Give Heaven and Earth For You (1916)	A. Lange (music) J.T. Branen (words)	Piano, Voice	YorkSpace	Pub.
I'll Build a Castle in Loveland (1910)	A. Lange (music) J.T. Branen (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
I'm Just As Good As Single (1915)	A. Lange (music) J.T. Branen (words) Bert Fitzgibbons (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
In a Boat For Two (1921)	A. Lange (music) Licco Liggy (coauth.) Ernest Klapholz (coauth.) Herman Ruby (words)	Piano, Voice	YorkSpace
In the Garden (1914)	A. Lange (music) Archie Fletcher (words) Gene Gomez (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Sheet Music Singer YorkSpace	Pub.
Just a Little Bit of Green (1913)	A. Lange (music) Jeff T. Branen (words) Ethel Green (perf.)	Piano, Voice	YorkSpace	Pub.
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.
⇑Lo-La-Lo (1922)	A. Lange (music) Ernest Klapholz (coauth.) Harry Bache Smith (words) Francis Wheeler (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Mother's Prayer For Her Boy Out There (1918), A	A. Lange (music) A.B. Sterling (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Nobody Else But You (1916)	A. Lange (music) Jimmy Hollis (words)	Piano, Voice	YorkSpace	Pub.
On an Island Surrounded by Girls (1916)	A. Lange (music) Jeff T. Branen (words) Ray Fern (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
On the Old Front Porch (1913)	A. Lange (music) B. Heath (words) Gilbert & Lewis (perf.) Gilbert & Lewis (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana YorkSpace	Pub.
Raus Mit Der Kaiser (1917)	A. Lange (music) A.B. Sterling (words) Bartley Costello (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Santa Rosa (1916)	A. Lange (music) Jeff T. Branen (words) Eva Shirley (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
So Long Sal (1918)	A. Lange (music) Andrew B Sterling (words) Haymakers (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
⇑There's a Heart in Virginia For You (1917)	A. Lange (music) A.B. Sterling (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
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.
Those Hawaiian Melodies (1916)	A. Lange (music) A. Gerber (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Virginia Lee (1915)	A. Lange (music) J.T. Branen (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
We're Going Over the Top (1918)	A. Lange (w&m) Bobby Henshaw (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
What'll We Do With Him Boys? (1918)	A. Lange (music) A.B. Sterling (words) W.J. Reilly (perf.) W.J. Reilly (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
When It's Orange Blossom Time in Loveland (1915)	A. Lange (music) Jeff Branen (words)	Piano, Voice	Greer Indiana	Pub.
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 Rayfield (perf.) Valeska Winter (perf.) Happy Bill Smith (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana YorkSpace YorkSpace YorkSpace	Pub.
⇑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.
Where Can I Meet You To-Night? (1914)	A. Lange (music) Edgar Farran (words) Edward Miller (perf.) Helene Vincent (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 69 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)

1899-1915

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


On Again	1899
I Love My Wife But Oh! Her Family	1909	Jeff Branen (words)
Rag a Muffin Rag	1909
I'll Build a Castle in Loveland	1910	Jeff T. Branen (words)
Eyes of the World, The	1913	Jeff Branen (words) Kay Laurell (perf.)
Hidden Charms	1913	Arthur W. Lange (words)	Pub.
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.) Bobby Heath (perf.) Ada Jones (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.) Watkins & Williams (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.) Jimmy Borardi (perf.) Comfort & King (perf.) Vaughn Comfort (perf.) Donovan & Lee (perf.) Fannie Purcell (perf.)	Pub.
I'm Just As Good As Single	1915	Jeff T. Branen (words) Bert Fitzgibbons (perf.)	Pub.
Kentucky Rosebuds	1915		Pub.
Song, A	1915	Jeff Branen (words)
Summer Moon	1915

1915-1917

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


There's a Little White Church in the Valley	1915	Jeff Branen (words) Irving Kaufman (perf.)
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.)
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.
From Me to Mandy Lee	1917	Bernie Grossman (words) Curtis & Rubell (perf.) Florence Rayfield (perf.)	Pub.

1917-1918

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Goodbye, That Means You	1917	Andrew B. Sterling (words)
It's a Long Way Back to Mother's Knee	1917		Pub.
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.

1918-1945

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


We're Going Over the Top	1918	Bobby Henshaw (perf.) Gwen Lewis (perf.)
What'll We Do With Him Boys?	1918	Andrew B. Sterling (words) W.J. Reilly (perf.)	Pub.
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)
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)
At the End of the Trail	1931	Bernie Grossman (words)
Love Passes Me By	1933	Robert Burkhardt (words) Allan Stuart (words)
Modern Galatea (w&m)	1945