John Stepan Zamecnik (1872-1953)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, John Stepan Zamecnik was an American composer of popular music and a major composer of so-called photoplay music i.e. music used by silent film theatre orchestras. Born and raised in Cleveland, he went to Prague to study with Antonín Dvorák then returning to America as a professional musician and composer. He works included songs, dances, salon music, photoplay music and complete film scores. A film music pioneer, he worked throught the entire period from vaudeville through silent film to the advent of talking movies.
His first known published work College Yell (1908) was brought out by Sam Fox Publishing Company starting a long association with that company after quickly becoming its musical director. Of ragtime interest is his Mandy's Ragtime Waltz (1912). In common with many of his contemporaries he used pseudonyms but in this respect he must surely be a record holder having perhaps as many as 21! Some of his confirmed pen-names are: Lionel Baxter R.L. (Robert) Creighton, Arturo de Castro, "Josh and Ted", J. (Jane) Hathaway, Kathryn Hawthorne, Roberta Hudson, Ioane Kawelo, Dorothy Lee, J. Edgar Lowell, Jules Reynard, F. (Frederick) Van Norman, Hal Vinton and Grant Wellesley.

Websites:
	John Stepan Zamecnik	Biography and list of works by "Perfessor" Bill Edwards

John Stepan Zamecnik (1872-1953) has at least 34 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.

As the Years Roll By Ballad
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.
Words by: J. R. Shannon

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1913.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited Availability.

China Doll Parade
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1937.	Sheet Music. Limited Availability.

Piano Solo

College Yell March Two-Step
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1908.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited Availability.

Erin's Isle and You Song
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.
Words by: J. R. Shannon

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1914.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited Availability.

Fishing Song
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.
Words by: Archie Bell

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1908.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited Availability.

For the Freedom of the World A Wonder Song of International Appeal
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.
Words by: E. V. Cooke

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1917.	Sheet Music. Limited Availability.

I Gathered a Rose Song
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.
Words by: E. M. Stuart

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1917.	Sheet Music. Limited Availability.

With Violin or Cello Obbligato

I Love You More Song
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.
Words by: E. Edson

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1921.	Sheet Music. Limited Availability.

With Violin or Cello Obbligato

Jealous Moon Song
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.
Words by: Harry D. Kerr

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1918.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited Availability.

Just an Old Sweetheart of Mine Ballad
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.
Words by: J. R. Shannon

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1912.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited Availability.

Kisses Song
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.
Words by: Harry D. Kerr

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1919.	Sheet Music 6 pages. Limited Availability.

L'Heure Bre
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1920.	Sheet Music. Limited Availability.

Love Me Song
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.
Words by: Harry D. Kerr

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1919.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited Availability.

Monkey-Man, The Song
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.
Words by: E. V. Cooke

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1918.	Sheet Music. Limited Availability.

My Dreams Song
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.
Words by: F. G. Bowles

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1916.	Sheet Music. Limited Availability.

With Violin or Cello Obligato

My Paradise Song
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.
Words by: Harry D. Kerr

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1918.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited Availability.

Neapolitan Nights - Song
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.
Co-Author: J. S. Kerr
Words by: J. R. Shannon

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1925.	Sheet Music. Limited Availability.

On the Fields of France Song
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.
Words by: George M. Mayo

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:	Also see:
Printed: 1918.	Sheet Music 4 pages. Limited Availability.

One Fleeting Hour Song
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.
Words by: K. Fuhrmann.

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:	Also see:
Printed: 1915.	Sheet Music. Limited Availability.

With Violin or Cello Obligato

One Fleeting Hour Song
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.
Words by: Karl Fuhrmann

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1915.	Sheet Music. Limited Availability.

With Violin or Cello Obligato [ * Extra Low ]

One Fleeting Hour Song
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.
Words by: Karl Fuhrmann

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1915.	Sheet Music. Limited Availability.

With Violin or Cello Obligato [ * High ]

One Fleeting Hour
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1940.	Sheet Music. Limited Availability.

One Sweet Day
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.
Words by: Harry D. Kerr

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1919.	Sheet Music. Limited Availability.

Song With Violin or Cello Obbligato

Out of the Dusk to You
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.
Words by: Arthur J. Lamb

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1922.	Sheet Music. Limited Availability.

Polly
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1928.	Sheet Music. Limited Availability.

E-Flat Alto Saxophone Solo With Piano Accompaniment.

Rosemary
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.
Words by: Anne Nichols

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1923.	Sheet Music. Limited Availability.

Musical Theme: Abbie's Irish Rose

Son-O'-Mine Song
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.
Words by: Emily Sheafe

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1919.	Sheet Music 4 pages. Limited Availability.

Swanee Rose Song
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.
Words by: J. R. Shannon

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1913.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited Availability.

Trip to the North Pole, A Descriptive March Two-Step
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1909.	Sheet Music 7 pages. Limited Availability.

Valse Elaine Hesitation
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1915.	Sheet Music. Limited Availability.

Valse June Hesitation or Boston
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1914.	Sheet Music. Limited Availability.

Violetta Intermezzo Two-Step
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1908.	Sheet Music. Limited Availability.

When You Are Truly Mine Song
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.
Words by: E. M. Stuart

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1917.	Sheet Music. Limited Availability.

With Violin or Cello Obbligato

Wonderland Song
Music by: John Stepan Zamecnik.
Words by: Archie Bell

Publisher:	Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1908.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited Availability.

	Title	Instruments/Issue	Performers


MP3 File(s)
Amorita	Edison Blue Amberol: 4137	Lenzberg's Riverside Orchestra
Biddy	Edison Blue Amberol: 4206	New York Military Band
For the Freedom of the World	Edison Blue Amberol: 3296	Jaudas' Society Orchestra
Jealous Moon	Edison Blue Amberol: 3657	Leola Lucey
Ole Virginny	Edison Blue Amberol: 3050	Jaudas' Society Orchestra
One Fleeting Hour	Edison Blue Amberol: 3178	Gladys Rice
Simplicity	Edison Blue Amberol: 3674	Sibyl Sanderson Fagan
Simplicity	Edison Blue Amberol: 3053	Sodero's Band
Son-O'-Mine	Edison Blue Amberol: 4189	Elizabeth Spencer
Spirit of America	Edison Blue Amberol: 3358	New York Military Band
Sweet Luana	Edison Blue Amberol: 4153	Gladys Rice Elizabeth Lennox
Wooing Hour, The	Edison Blue Amberol: 3860	Peerless Orchestra
Midi File(s)		Sequencer(s)
Movie Rag (1913)	Midi	Colin McDonald

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Ragtime Music CDs:
Muriel Pollock	Vol. 6 Keyboard Wizards of the Gershwin Era
Adam Swanson	Chestnut St. in the 90s	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Agitato (1919)	J.S. Zamecnik (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Aloha Sunset Land (1916)	J.S. Zamecnik (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Amorita (1920)	J.S. Zamecnik (music) Harry D. Kerr (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Ballet Barbarian (1921)	J.S. Zamecnik (music)	Piano, Orchestra	IMSLP	Pub.
Ballet Sentimental (1917)	J.S. Zamecnik (music)	Piano, Orchestra	IMSLP	Pub.
Battle Music (1919)	J.S. Zamecnik (music)	Piano, Orchestra	IMSLP	Pub.
Biddy (1920)	J.S. Zamecnik (music) Harry D Kerr (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Bowl of Pansies (1914)	J.S. Zamecnik (music)	Piano, Orchestra	IMSLP	Pub.
Co-Ed (1914)	J.S. Zamecnik (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Dancer of Navarre (1917), The	J.S. Zamecnik (music)	Piano, Orchestra	IMSLP	Pub.
Dramatic Tension (1919)	J.S. Zamecnik (music)	Piano, Orchestra	IMSLP	Pub.
Dutch Windmill (1917), A	J.S. Zamecnik (music)	Piano, Orchestra	IMSLP	Pub.
⇑Fox Trail (1917), The	J.S. Zamecnik (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Hurry (1919)	J.S. Zamecnik (music)	Piano, Orchestra	IMSLP	Pub.
I Gathered a Rose (1917)	J.S. Zamecnik (music) Ellen Mary Stuart (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
In a Canoe (1919)	J.S. Zamecnik (music)	Piano, Orchestra	IMSLP	Pub.
Indian Dawn	J.S. Zamecnik (music) Charles O Roos (words)	Piano, Voice	Greer	Pub.
Jealous Moon (1918)	J.S. Zamecnik (music) Harry D. Kerr (words)	Piano, Orchestra	IMSLP	Pub.
Joy! (1921)	J.S. Zamecnik (music)	Orchestra	IMSLP	Pub.
Kisses (1919)	J.S. Zamecnik (music) Harry D. Kerr (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Love Came Calling (1924)	J.S. Zamecnik (music) Katherine Bainbridge (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Love Me (1919)	J.S. Zamecnik (music) Harry D. Kerr (words)	Piano, Orchestra	IMSLP	Pub.
Mandy's Ragtime Waltz (1912)	J.S. Zamecnik (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Men of Sparta (1917)	J.S. Zamecnik (music)	Piano, Orchestra	IMSLP	Pub.
Movie Rag (1913)	J.S. Zamecnik (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
⇑My Cairo Love	J.S. Zamecnik (music) Harry D. Kerr (words)	Piano	YorkSpace	Pub.
My Cairo Love (1916)	J.S. Zamecnik (music) Harry D. Kerr (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
My Paradise (1918)	J.S. Zamecnik (music) Harry D. Kerr (words)	Piano, Orchestra	IMSLP	Pub.
Neapolitan Nights	J.S. Zamecnik (music)	Piano	YorkSpace	Pub.
Neapolitan Nights (1923)	J.S. Zamecnik (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Ole South (1919)	J.S. Zamecnik (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
One Fleeting Hour (1915)	J.S. Zamecnik (music) Karl Fuhrmann (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Out of the Dusk to You (1922)	J.S. Zamecnik (music) Arthur J Lamb (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Romany Love (1922)	J.S. Zamecnik (music) Arthur J. Lamb (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Secret of the Sea (1911), The	J.S. Zamecnik (music)	Piano, Orchestra	IMSLP	Pub.
Simplicity (1916)	J.S. Zamecnik (music)	Piano, Orchestra	IMSLP	Pub.
Somewhere in Naples (1921)	J.S. Zamecnik (music) Harry D. Kerr (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Storm Music (1919)	J.S. Zamecnik (music)	Piano, Orchestra	IMSLP	Pub.
⇑Swanee Rose (1913)	J.S. Zamecnik (music) J.R. Shannon (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Sweet Luana (1920)	J.S. Zamecnik (music) Norma Burt (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Tears (1917)	J.S. Zamecnik (music)	Piano, Orchestra	IMSLP	Pub.
There Is a Love Embracing All (1918)	J.S. Zamecnik (music) Karl Fuhrmann (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
To a Violet (1921)	J.S. Zamecnik (music)	Orchestra	IMSLP	Pub.
Valse Elaine (1915)	J.S. Zamecnik (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Valse June (1914)	J.S. Zamecnik (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Valse Rose (1919)	J.S. Zamecnik (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano	Pub.
What the Little Stars Tell (1921)	J.S. Zamecnik (music) Harry D. Kerr (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
When You Are Truly Mine (1917)	J.S. Zamecnik (music) E. M. Stuart (words)	Piano, Orchestra	IMSLP	Pub.
Wooing Hour (1917), The	J.S. Zamecnik (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 110 works by John Stepan Zamecnik (1872-1953). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

(w&m)

1899-1914

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Ole Virginny	1899	Jaudas' Society Orchestra (perf.)
College Yell	1908		Pub.
Fishing	1908	Archie Bell (words)	Pub.
Violetta	1908	as Lionel Baxter	Pub.
Wonderland	1908	Archie Bell (words)	Pub.
Trip to the North Pole, A	1909		Pub.
Amazon March	1911
Bee and the Floweret, The	1911		Pub.
I'm Looking For a Girl to Love Me	1911
Life Is Like a Dance	1911
Love Fancies	1911		Pub.
⇑ Money	1911
Secret of the Sea, The	1911		Pub.
Susan Slade	1911
College Capers	1912		Pub.
Just an Old Sweetheart of Mine	1912	J.R. Shannon (words)	Pub.
Mandy's Ragtime Waltz	1912		Pub.
As the Years Roll By	1913	J. R. Shannon (words)	Pub.
La Petite Coquette	1913		Pub.
Movie Rag	1913		Pub.
Swanee Rose	1913	J.R. Shannon (words)	Pub.
Bowl of Pansies	1914	as Jules Reynard	Pub.
Captain Betty	1914	as Lionel Baxter	Pub.
⇑ Co-Ed	1914		Pub.
Erin's Isle and You	1914	J.R. Shannon (words)	Pub.

1914-1917

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Hubby Hobby	1914
I'm A-Longin' Fo' You	1914	Karl Fuhrmann (words) as Jane Hathaway	Pub.
Kissamee	1914		Pub.
Valse June	1914	as Lionel Baxter	Pub.
World Peace	1914		Pub.
Legend of a Rose	1915	as Jules Reynard	Pub.
One Fleeting Hour	1915	Karl Fuhrmann (words) Gladys Rice (perf.) as Dorothy Lee	Pub.
Valse Annette	1915	as Lionel Baxter	Pub.
Valse Elaine	1915	as Lionel Baxter	Pub.
All America	1916		Pub.
Aloha Sunset Land	1916	as Ioane Kawelo	Pub.
⇑ Last Farewell, The	1916		Pub.
Milady	1916		Pub.
My Dreams	1916	F. G. Bowles (words) as Dorothy Lee	Pub.
Simplicity	1916	Sodero's Band (perf.) Sibyl Sanderson Fagan (perf.) as Dorothy Lee	Pub.
Atonement	1917		Pub.
Ballet Sentimental	1917		Pub.
Bon Vivant	1917		Pub.
Dancer of Navarre, The	1917		Pub.
Dutch Windmill, A	1917		Pub.
Ecstasy	1917		Pub.
Egyptia	1917		Pub.
For the Freedom of the World	1917	E. V. Cooke (words) Jaudas' Society Orchestra (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Fox Trail, The	1917		Pub.
I Gathered a Rose	1917	Ellen Mary Stuart (words) as Dorothy Lee	Pub.

1917-1919

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Men of Sparta	1917
Spirit of America	1917	New York Military Band (perf.)	Pub.
Tears	1917		Pub.
When You Are Truly Mine	1917	E. M. Stuart (words) as Dorothy Lee	Pub.
Wooing Hour, The	1917	Peerless Orchestra (perf.)	Pub.
Howdy! (w&m)	1918	as "Ted"1 (words) as "Josh"	Pub.
Jealous Moon	1918	Harry D. Kerr (words) Leola Lucey (perf.)	Pub.
Monkey-Man, The	1918	E. V. Cooke (words) as Dorothy Lee	Pub.
My Paradise	1918	Harry D. Kerr (words)	Pub.
On the Fields of France	1918	George M. Mayo (words)	Pub.
There Is a Love Embracing All	1918	Karl Fuhrmann (words) as J. Edgar Lowell	Pub.
⇑ Agitato	1919		Pub.
Battle Music	1919		Pub.
Dramatic Tension	1919		Pub.
Hurry	1919		Pub.
In a Canoe	1919		Pub.
Kisses	1919	Harry D. Kerr (words)	Pub.
Love Me	1919	Harry D. Kerr (words)	Pub.
Most Anything	1919		Pub.
My Cairo Love	1919	Harry D. Kerr (words)	Pub.
Ole South	1919		Pub.
One Sweet Day	1919	Harry D. Kerr (words)	Pub.
Son-O'-Mine	1919	Emily Sheafe (words) Elizabeth Spencer (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Storm Music	1919		Pub.
Valse Rose	1919	as Lionel Baxter	Pub.

1920-1926

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Amorita	1920	Harry D. Kerr (words) Lenzberg's Riverside Orchestra (perf.)
Biddy	1920	Harry D Kerr (words) New York Military Band (perf.)	Pub.
Blue Bells (w&m)	1920		Pub.
L'Heure Bre	1920	as Dorothy Lee	Pub.
Scented Violets	1920	as Jules Reynard	Pub.
Sweet Luana	1920	Norma Burt (words) Gladys Rice (perf.) Elizabeth Lennox (perf.)	Pub.
Ballet Barbarian	1921		Pub.
I Love You More	1921	E. Edson (words) as Dorothy Lee	Pub.
Joy!	1921		Pub.
Only a Smile	1921	Eldred Edson (words)
Somewhere in Naples	1921	Harry D. Kerr (words)	Pub.
⇑ Star of the Orient	1921		Pub.
To a Violet	1921		Pub.
What the Little Stars Tell	1921	Harry D. Kerr (words)	Pub.
Fair Debutante	1922	as Jules Reynard	Pub.
Out of the Dusk to You	1922	Arthur J Lamb (words) as Dorothy Lee	Pub.
Romany Love	1922	Arthur J. Lamb (words)	Pub.
Yester-Eve	1922		Pub.
Neapolitan Nights	1923		Pub.
Rosemary	1923	Anne Nichols (words)	Pub.
Indian Dawn	1924	Charles O Roos (words)	Pub.
Love Came Calling	1924	Katherine Bainbridge (words)	Pub.
Fury	1925		Pub.
⇑ Neapolitan Nights - Song	1925	J. R. Shannon (words)	Pub.
In the Heart of the Hills	1926	Harry D. Kerr (words) as Dorothy Lee	Pub.

1927-?

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Wings	1927	Arr. by May Singhi Breen
Your Love Is All	1927	Harry D Kerr (words)	Pub.
Little Irish Rose	1928	Anne Nichols (words)	Pub.
Paradise	1928	Arr. by May Singhi Breen;
Polly	1928		Pub.
Redskin	1929	Harry D. Kerr (words) M.M. Hunt (perf.)
China Doll Parade	1937		Pub.
Flor dé Brasil	?	as Arturo de Castro	Pub.
Reve D'Amour	?		Pub.
Song of Nations, The	?

Videos

	Title	Duration	Performer


	Redskin	2:47	M.M. Hunt