Otto Motzan  (1880-1937)
Last updated: 08.09.24
Otto Motzan is believed by some to be a pseudonym used by composer Josie De Guzman. Together with Sigmund Romberg they wrote the music for The Passing Show of 1916. Of ragtime interest is his Extr'ordinary Rag (1915).


  Title (Release Year) Co-Author(s) Performers Issue
         
cylinder15.gif Yo-Lay-Ee-Oo - Means I Love You) (1922) Marguerite E. Farrell Edison Blue Amberol: 4408
cylinder15.gif Bright Eyes (1921) M.K. Jerome Orlando's Orchestra Edison Blue Amberol: 4242
cylinder15.gif The Crocodile (1921) H. Akst Imperial Marimba Band Edison Blue Amberol: 4186
cylinder15.gif Marie (1922) H.W. Santley Green Brothers Novelty Band Edison Blue Amberol: 4501
cylinder15.gif That's Why My Heart Is Calling You (1918) Vernon Dalhart Edison Blue Amberol: 3371
cylinder15.gif Where Is My Daddy Now Blues (1921) A. Olman Aileen Stanley Edison Blue Amberol: 4204
  Title Co-Author(s) Sequencer
       
audiomidi15.gif It's a Pipp'n (1917) James Pitt-Payne
  Title (Release Year) Composer Performers Issue
         
recordmp3.gif Where Is My Daddy Now Blues (1920) O. Motzan Aileen Stanley Edison: 7587
recordmp3.gif Where Is My Daddy Now Blues (1920) O. Motzan Marion Harris Columbia: 79451
  Title (Release Year) Performers Instruments
       
audiodbemp315.gif It's a Pipp'n (1917) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. A(T)/T/T/T/B/GB(B)
Item Title Available €     £     $     Other
             
DBE536 It's a Pipp'n (1917) - Novelty Fox Trot
A(T)/T/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3½ mins.
1-2 days
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     Title Instruments Remarks
       
sm15.gif It's a Pipp'n (1917) A(T)/T/T/T/B/GB(B) dbe15.gifwvicon.gif
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Cutey (1917) O. Motzan (music) Piano IMSLP wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif In China (1919) O. Motzan (music)
A.J. Stasny (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Marie (1921) O. Motzan (music)
H.W. Santley (coauth.)
Walter Hirsch (words)
Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 29 works by Otto Motzan (1880-1937). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
When I Told the Sweetest Girl the Sweetest Story Ever Told 1912 Ferd E. Mierisch (words)
Charles R. McCarron (words)
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I Want to Be Somebody's Baby Girl 1913 Schuyler Greene (words)
Marching on to Victory 1913
Take Me to That Tango Tea 1913 Leon Finch (perf.)
Down by the Seaside 1914 Schuyler Greene (words)  wvicon.gif
La Cessation 1914  Pub.
Extr'ordinary Rag 1915  wvicon.gif youtube15.jpg
Just You 1915
Nobody Home 1915  Pub.
Cutey 1917  wvicon.gif
It's a Pipp'n 1917 Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)  Pub.  audiodbemp315.gif
Do - Ré - Mi 1918  wvicon.gif
Do-Ré-Mi 1918
That's Why My Heart Is Calling You 1918 Vernon Dalhart (perf.)   cylinder15.gif
Coo-Ee 1918c Leila Brett (words)  wvicon.gif
Bells of Bagdad, The 1919
Fee Fi Fo Fum 1919 Abe Olman (co-author)
arr. by Wm. Schulz
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In China 1919 A.J. Stasny (words)  wvicon.gif
Roses of Arcadie 1919 Rachel Storey (words)  wvicon.gif
So This Is Paris 1919 Harry Akst (co-author)
Howard E. Rogers (words)
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Bright Eyes 1920 M.K. Jerome (co-author)
Harry B. Smith (words)
Orlando's Orchestra (perf.)
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Crocodile, The 1920 Harry Akst (co-author)
Howard Rogers (words)
Imperial Marimba Band (perf.)
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Where Is My Daddy Now Blues 1920 Abe Olman (co-author)
Jack Yellen (words)
Marion Harris (perf.)
Aileen Stanley (perf.)
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Marie 1921 Henry W. Santley (co-author)
Walter Hirsch (words)
Green Brothers Novelty Band (perf.)
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Traffic Was Terrific, The 1921 Buddy Bernier (words)
Frank Loesser (words)

as Josie de Guzman
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Yo-Lay-Ee-Oo - Means I Love You) 1922 M. K. Jerome (words)
Tot Seymour (words)
Marguerite E. Farrell (perf.)
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When You've Learned How to Cry 1923 Howard Christy (words)
Bye Bye Baby (w&m) 1924 Marty Bloom (co-author)
Vera Burt (perf.)
Saxi Holtsworth (perf.)
 Pub.
Pick a Rose in Picardy 1927 Sidney Holden (words)  Pub.
     Composer Title Performer
       
youtube15.jpg O. Motzan Extr'ordinary Rag (0:00) Ragtime Dorian Henry