Otto Motzan (1880-1937)

Overview

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).

Cylinders

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


Yo-Lay-Ee-Oo - Means I Love You) (1922)		Marguerite E. Farrell	Edison Blue Amberol: 4408
Bright Eyes (1921)	M.K. Jerome	Orlando's Orchestra	Edison Blue Amberol: 4242
The Crocodile (1921)	H. Akst	Imperial Marimba Band	Edison Blue Amberol: 4186
Marie (1922)	H.W. Santley	Green Brothers Novelty Band	Edison Blue Amberol: 4501
That's Why My Heart Is Calling You (1918)		Vernon Dalhart	Edison Blue Amberol: 3371
Where Is My Daddy Now Blues (1921)	A. Olman	Aileen Stanley	Edison Blue Amberol: 4204

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	Down by the Seaside (1914)		James Pitt-Payne
	It's a Pipp'n (1917)		James Pitt-Payne

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


Keep All Your Love For Me (1919)	O. Motzan	Leola Lucey	Edison: 6830
Where Is My Daddy Now Blues (1920)	O. Motzan	Aileen Stanley	Edison: 7587
Where Is My Daddy Now Blues (1920)	O. Motzan	Marion Harris	Columbia: 79451

Samples

	Title (Release Year)	Performers	Instruments


	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

Library

	Title	Instruments	Remarks


	It's a Pipp'n (1917)	A(T)/T/T/T/B/GB(B)

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Cutey (1917)	O. Motzan (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Down by the Seaside (1914)	O. Motzan (music) Schuyler Greene (words) Beatrice Stephany (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
In China (1919)	O. Motzan (music) A.J. Stasny (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Marie (1921)	O. Motzan (music) H.W. Santley (coauth.) Walter Hirsch (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 30 works by Otto Motzan (1880-1937). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

(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)
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) Beatrice Stephany (perf.)
La Cessation	1914		Pub.
Extr'ordinary Rag	1915
Just You	1915
Nobody Home	1915		Pub.
Cutey	1917
It's a Pipp'n	1917	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Do - Ré - Mi	1918
Do-Ré-Mi	1918
That's Why My Heart Is Calling You	1918	Vernon Dalhart (perf.)
Coo-Ee	1918c	Leila Brett (words)
Bells of Bagdad, The	1919
Fee Fi Fo Fum	1919	Abe Olman (co-author) arr. by Wm. Schulz
In China	1919	A.J. Stasny (words)
Keep All Your Love For Me	1919	Harry David Kerr (words) Leola Lucey (perf.)
Roses of Arcadie	1919	Rachel Storey (words)
So This Is Paris	1919	Harry Akst (co-author) Howard E. Rogers (words)
Bright Eyes	1920	M.K. Jerome (co-author) Harry B. Smith (words) Orlando's Orchestra (perf.)
Crocodile, The	1920	Harry Akst (co-author) Howard Rogers (words) Imperial Marimba Band (perf.)
⇑ Where Is My Daddy Now Blues	1920	Abe Olman (co-author) Jack Yellen (words) Marion Harris (perf.) Aileen Stanley (perf.)
Marie	1921	Henry W. Santley (co-author) Walter Hirsch (words) Green Brothers Novelty Band (perf.)
Traffic Was Terrific, The	1921	Buddy Bernier (words) Frank Loesser (words) as Josie de Guzman
Yo-Lay-Ee-Oo - Means I Love You)	1922	M. K. Jerome (words) Tot Seymour (words) Marguerite E. Farrell (perf.)
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.

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


	O. Motzan	Extr'ordinary Rag (0:00)	Ragtime Dorian Henry