Muriel Pollock (1895-1971)
Last updated: 01.02.24
Muriel Pollock was an American pianist of Russian descent and composer of popular music her best known ragtime composition being Rooster Rag (1917). She studied music in New York at Julliard and produced piano rolls for Mel-O-Dee Music Company and Rhythmodic Music Corporation. In the late 1920s she furthered a recording and broadcasting career with both Constance Mering and Vee Lawnhurst performing remarkable piano duets. She had a special bent for the so-called novelty works composed during her era. She worked with several songwriters both on songs and musicals one of which, Pleasure Bound ran for 126 performances in the Majestic Theatre, New York in 1929. On her marriage to songwriter Will Donaldson, she moved to California where she died in Hollywood aged 76.
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Muriel Pollock | Biography and list of works by "Perfessor" Bill Edwards |
Muriel Pollock (1895-1971) has at least 4 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.
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Little Black Sambo Musical Radio Script Music by: Muriel Pollock.
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Somewhere, Sometime Song Music by: Muriel Pollock. Words by: M. Wardell
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Table d'Hote Musical Delicacies for Four Hands or Two Pianos Music by: Muriel Pollock. Co-Author: Vee Lawnhurst
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Young Benjamin Franklin Musical Radio Script and Record Music by: Muriel Pollock.
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My Blue Heaven (1928) | W. Donaldson | M. Pollock | Edison Blue Amberol: 5471 |
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Rooster Rag (1917) | Paul F. Wilson |
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Rooster Rag (1917) | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. | A/T/T/T+B/B/GB(B) |
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Muriel Pollock | Vol. 6 Keyboard Wizards of the Gershwin Era |        |
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Muriel Pollock | Kickin' the Clouds Away | |
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Judith Alstadter | Women Composers: Romantic to Ragtime | |
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Nora Hulse | 60 Years of Ragtime Piano | |
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Bryan Wright | Syncopated Musings: Classic Piano Rags and Ragtime Waltzes | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Max Morath | The Ragtime Women | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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| DBE417 | Rooster Rag (1917) A/T/T/T+B/B/GB(B), approx. 2¾ mins. |
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California (1914) | M. Pollock (music) Marie Wardell (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana |  |
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Rooster Rag (1917) | M. Pollock (music) |
Piano | IMSLP Indiana YorkSpace |
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This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 19 works by Muriel Pollock (1895-1971).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER
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| California | 1914 | Marie Wardell (words) | |
| Carnival, The | 1914 | Pub.  |
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| Hot Dogs' Fancy Ball, The | 1917 | Louis Weslyn (words) | |
| Just Keep on Skating | 1917 | Louis Weslyn (words) | Pub. |
| Marguerite Clark Waltz | 1917 | Marguerite Clark (perf.) | |
| Rooster Rag | 1917 | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) | Pub. |
| Mandarin Fox-Trot | 1918 | Pub. | |
| Somewhere, Sometime | 1918 | M. Wardell (words) | Pub. |
| Never | 1920 | Jos. M. Davis (words) | |
| When a Rambling Rose Goes Rambling Home Again | 1921 | Darl MacBoyle (words) | |
| Ashes of Vengeance | 1923 | |
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| ⇑ Barbeque Rhythm | 1928 | |
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| Eatin' My Heart Out For You | 1930 | Max Lief (words) | |
| Ode to a Man About Town | 1935 | ||
| Patsy Lou | 1935 | |
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| Love Is a Dancer | 1936 | Ben Jorj Harris (words) Robert Graham (words) Jean Sothern (perf.) |
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| Table d'Hote | 1936 | Vee Lawnhurst (co-author) |  |
| Young Benjamin Franklin | 1942 | |
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| Little Black Sambo | 1943 | Pub. |