Harry Austin Tierney (1890-1965)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, Harry Austin Tierney was an American composer of popular music, much for the Broadway musical stage. He was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey in a musical family. His mother was a pianist and who taught him, his father was a trumpeter in a symphony orchestra and one of his uncles taught him harmony and composition. Tierney later studied at the Virgil Conservatory of Music in New York City.
He toured the USA and other countries as a concert pianist in the period before the First world War travelling to London in 1915 where he worked for as a staff composer for a British publisher who published 3 of his songs (King of the Maniac Band, Pass Along and Just For Tonight). He returned to the USA in 1916 to write for Broadway musicals.
His shows included Follow Me (1917), Everything (1918), The Broadway Show (1918), Irene (1919 a top show with 620 performances his greatest hits being Alice Blue Gown and Castle of Dreams adapted from Fryderyk F. Chopin 's Minute Waltz), Rio Rita (1927), Dixiana (1929) and Half Shot at Sunrise (1930). ). Of ragtime interest are his The Bumble Bee (1909), Uncle Tom's Cabin (1911) and Variety Rag (1912). His career then declined and he died in New York City in aged 75.

Harry Austin Tierney (1890-1965) has at least 21 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.

Buy a Red Cross Rosie Song
Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Alfred Bryan.

Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick & Co.
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Printed: 1917.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Century Grove Revue
By Harry Austin Tierney.

Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick & Co.
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Printed: 1918.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

Separate numbers. Bolsheviki glide. - Campanile.

Everything Is Hunky Dory Down in Honky Tonky Town Song
Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Joe McCarthy .

Publisher:	McCarthy & Fisher
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Printed: 1918.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Fleur-De-Lis - Song Song
Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Stanley Murphy.

Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick & Co.
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Printed: 1918.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

I'm Trying So Hard to Be Good For You Song
Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: R. P. Weston.

Publisher:	Francis, Day & Hunter
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Printed: 1914.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

Staff and tonic sol

If a Baby Would Never Grow Older Song
Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Alfred Bryan.

Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick & Co.
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Printed: 1916.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Irene A musical comedy by James Montgomery
Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Joseph McCarthy.

Publisher:	Leo Feist
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Printed: 1919.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

Love Me in the Old-Fashioned Way Song
Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Worton David.

Publisher:	Francis, Day & Hunter
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Printed: 1914.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

Staff and tonic sol

M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I Song
Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Bert Hanlon, Benny Ryan.

Publisher:	Whaley - Royce & Co.
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Printed: 1916.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Limited availability.

My Baby's Arms Song
Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Joe McCarthy .

Publisher:	Leo Feist
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Printed: 1919.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

My Beautiful Egypt Song
Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Alfred Bryan.

Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick & Co.
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Printed: 1918.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Limited availability.

My Little Service Flag Has Seven Stars Song
Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Stanley Murphy.

Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick & Co.
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Printed: 1918.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Limited availability.

Nothing's Good Enough For a Good Little Girl if She's Good Enough For You Song
Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Alfred Bryan.

Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick & Co.
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Printed: 1917.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Rio Rita Vocal Score
By Harry Tierney.

Publisher:	Leo Feist
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Printed: 1959.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

Vocal Score

She's Dixie All the Time Song
Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Alfred Bryan.

Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick & Co.
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Printed: 1916.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Limited availability.

So This Is Paris Song
Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Harold Atteridge.

Publisher:	G. Schirmer
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Printed: 1916.	Sheet Music 6 pages. Limited availability.

Sometime Song
Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Wm Jerome.

Publisher:	Whaley - Royce & Co.
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Printed: 1916.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Sweet Petootie Song
Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Stanley Murphy.

Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick & Co.
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Printed: 1917.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Limited availability.

A Wee Bit of Lace Song
Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: George. M. Cohan .

Publisher:	McCarthy & Fisher
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Printed: 1919.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

When I Dream of Annie Laurie Song
Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Coleman Goetz.

Publisher:	Maurice Abrahams Music Co.
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Printed: 1915.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

When You Were a Baby and I Was the Kid Next Door Song
Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Edgar Leslie.

Publisher:	Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.
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Printed: 1915.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Ragtime Music CDs:
"Perfessor" Bill Edwards	on "Syncopated Safari"
Elite Syncopators	on "Ragtime Special"
Evergreen Ragtime Trio	on "It's a Rouser"
Jenks/Grinstead	on "Ragtime Bigtime"
Various Artists	on "Pianola Ragtime: Early Piano Jazz and Ragtime Played on Pianola Rolls: Vol. 2"	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists	on "Ragtime to Jazz: Vol. 1"	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra	on "On The Boardwalk"	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Muriel Pollock	on "Vol. 6 Keyboard Wizards of the Gershwin Era"

Item	Title	Available	€	£	$	Other



DBE509	Alice Blue Gown (1919) - Song T/T/T/B/B/GB(B)/V(OT), approx. 3 mins.	1-2 days
DBE510	The Bumble Bee (1909) - A Buzzing Rag A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 2½ mins	1-2 days
DBE511	Carnation March (1911) A(T)/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 4 mins.	1-2 days
DBE512	Castle of Dreams (1919) - Song T/T/T+B/B/GB(B)+T/V(OT), approx. 2¼ mins.	1-2 days
DBE513	The Fanatic Rag (1911) T/T/T/T+B/B/GB(B), approx. 3 mins.	1-2 days
DBE514	In My Irish Aeroplane (1917) - Song A(T)/T/T/B/GB(B)/V(OT), approx. 3¼ mins.	1-2 days
DBE515	Uncle Tom's Cabin (1911) - Rag D/A+B/T/T/B/GB(B) approx. 3⅕ mins.	1-2 days
⇑DBE582	Variety Rag (1912) - Something Different D/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3¾ mins.	1-2 days

Library

	Title	Instruments	Remarks


	Alice Blue Gown (1919)	T/T/T/B/B/GB(B)
	The Bumble Bee (1909)	A/T/T/B/GB(B)
	Carnation March (1911)	A(T)/T/T/B/GB(B)
	Castle of Dreams (1919)	T/T/T+B/B/GB(B)+T/V(OT)
	The Fanatic Rag (1911)	T/T/T/T+B/B/GB(B)
	In My Irish Aeroplane (1917)	A(T)/T/T/B/GB(B)/V(OT)
	Uncle Tom's Cabin (1911)	D/A+B/T/T/B/GB(B)
	Variety Rag (1912)	D/A/T/T/B/GB(B)

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 119 works by Harry Austin Tierney (1890-1965). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Key: Items on hold

The Bumble Bee (1909)	My Beautiful Egypt (1918) Words by: Alfred Bryan
Twilight Reminds Me of You (1910) Words by: Edgar T Farran	My Little Service Flag Has Seven Stars (1918) Words by: Stanley Murphy
Black Canary (1911)	On Atlantic Beach (1918)
Carnation March (1911)	Alice Blue Gown (1919) Words by: J. McCarthy
Checker Board Rag (1911)	Castle of Dreams (1919) Words by: J. McCarthy
Crimson Rambler Rag (1911)	Irene (1919) Words by: J. McCarthy
Dingle Pop Hop (1911)	The Last Part of Every Party (1919)
The Fanatic Rag (1911)	My Baby's Arms (1919) Words by: J. McCarthy
Fleur De Lis Rag (1911)	The Paul Jones (1919)
Innocent Rag (1911)	Skyrocket (1919)
Rubies and Pearls (1911)	Talk of the Town (1919)
That Chicken Glide (1911) Words by: Richard Goodall	They're So Hard to Keep When They're Beautiful (1919)
That Epidemic Rag (1911)	We're Getting Away With It (1919)
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1911)	A Wee Bit of Lace (1919) Words by: G.M. Cohan
William's Wedding (1911)	Worthy of You (1919)
Variety Rag (1912)	Charming (1920)
Cabaret Rag (1912c)	Hobbies (1920) Words by: J. McCarthy
1915 Rag (1913)	Why Don't You? (1920) Words by: J. McCarthy
Chicago Tickle (1913)	Saw Mill River Road (1921) Words by: J. McCarthy
Keep Smiling! (1913)	Bobbin' About (1922)
Louisiana Rag (1913)	First Step You Take (1922)
Tierney Rag (1913)	Journey's End (1922) Words by: J. McCarthy
I'm Trying So Hard to Be Good For You (1914) Words by: R. P. Weston	Lady Luck (1922) Words by: J. McCarthy
Love Me in the Old-Fashioned Way (1914) Words by: Worton David	Let's Kiss and Make Up (1922) Words by: J. McCarthy
If You Can't Get a Girl in the Summertime You'll Never Get a Girl at All (1915) Words by: Bert Kalmar	Nearing the Day (1922)
The Peace Walk (1915)	Settle Down and Travel (1922)
When I Dream of Annie Laurie (1915) Words by: Coleman Goetz	Smile on Me (1922)
When You Were a Baby and I Was the Kid Next Door (1915) Words by: Edgar Leslie	Takes a Heap of Love (1922)
Don't Play With Fire (1916)	Tie Up (1922)
Follow Me (1916)	We're Nearing the Day (1922) Words by: Joseph McCarthy
How Would You Like to Bounce a Baby on Your Knee (1916)	Along the Old Lake Trail (1923) Words by: J. McCarthy
I Brought Red Roses in December to You (1916)	The Fountain of Youth (1923) Words by: J. McCarthy
If a Baby Would Never Grow Older (1916) Words by: Alfred Bryan	If Your Heart's in the Game (1923) Words by: J. McCarthy
It's a Cute Little Way of My Own (1916) Words by: Robert B. Smith	Oh Take Those Lips Away (1923)
La Parisian Peacock Girl (1916)	The Same Old Way (1923) Words by: J. McCarthy
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I (1916) Words by: Bert Hanlon, Benny Ryan	Someone Loves You After All (1923) Words by: J. McCarthy
Oh I Want to Be Good But My Eyes Won't Let Me (1916) Words by: Anna Held, Alfred Bryan	Take, Oh Take Those Lips Away (1923) Words by: J. McCarthy
Oh! I Want to Be Good But My Eyes Won't Let Me (1916) Words by: Anna Held, Alfred Bryan	When Your Heart's in the Game (1923) Words by: J. McCarthy
She's Dixie All the Time (1916) Words by: Alfred Bryan	Adoring You (1924) Words by: J. McCarthy
So This Is Paris (1916) Words by: Harold Atteridge	All Pepped Up (1924) Words by: J. McCarthy
Sometime (1916) Words by: Wm. Jerome	Keep Your Eye on the Ball (1924) Words by: J. McCarthy
Buy a Red Cross Rosie (1917) Words by: Alfred Bryan	Why Don't You Say So? (1925)
Cleopatra (1917) Words by: Alfred Bryan	Are You There Sweetheart? (1926)
For One Sweet Day (1917) Words by: Alfred Bryan	Following the Sun Around (1926) Words by: J. McCarthy
Frivolous Moments (1917)	I'm Out on the Loose Tonight (1926)
I Want You to Want Me With You (1917) Words by: Alfred Bryan	If You're in Love You'll Waltz (1926) Words by: J. McCarthy
In My Irish Aeroplane (1917) Words by: Stanley Murphy	The Kinkajou (1926) Words by: J. McCarthy
It's Time For Every Boy to Be a Soldier (1917) Words by: Alfred Bryan	The Ranger's Song (1926) Words by: J. McCarthy
Keep Your Eye on Little Mary Brown (1917)	Rio Rita (1926) Words by: J. McCarthy
Mammy Jinny's Hall of Fame (1917) Words by: Stanley Murphy	We're All Pals Together (1926) Words by: J. McCarthy
My Yokohama Girl (1917) Words by: Alfred Bryan	Dream Sweetheart (1928) Words by: J. McCarthy
Nothing's Good Enough For a Good Little Girl if She's Good Enough For You (1917) Words by: Alfred Bryan	Sweetheart We Need Each Other (1929) Words by: J. McCarthy
Sweet Petootie (1917) Words by: Stanley Murphy	You're Always in My Arms (1929) Words by: J. McCarthy
Way Down There a Dixie Boy Is Missing (1917) Words by: Stanley Murphy	Dixiana (1930) Words by: Benny Davis
Arya (Eyes of the Night) (1918)	My One Ambition Is You (1930) Words by: Anne Caldwell
Century Grove Revue (1918)	You've Got Me Out on a Limb (1940) Words by: J. McCarthy
Everything Is Hunky Dory Down in Honky Tonky Town (1918) Words by: J. McCarthy	Just For Tonight (?)
Fleur-De-Lis - Song (1918) Words by: Stanley Murphy	King of the Maniac Band (?)
I Found the End of the Rainbow (1918) Words by: John Mears, J. McCarthy	Pass Along (?)
Jerry Mon Cheri (1918) Words by: Stanley Murphy

Videos

	Title	Performer	Score


	Alice Blue Gown (1:43)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
	Arya (Eyes of the Night) (2:23)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
	Black Canary (3:00)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
	The Bumble Bee (2:45)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
	Checker Board Rag (1:49)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
	Crimson Rambler Rag (3:15)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
	Dingle Pop Hop (2:36)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
	The Fanatic Rag (2:48)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
	Fleur De Lis Rag (3:21)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
	⇑Frivolous Moments (2:11)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
	Irene (1:36)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
	Keep Smiling! (3:02)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
	The Peace Walk (2:40)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
	Rubies and Pearls (2:38)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
	Tierney Rag (2:20)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
	Uncle Tom's Cabin (2:59)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
	Variety Rag (3:20)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
	William's Wedding (2:27)	Ragtime Dorian Henry