Alexander's Ragtime Band (Berlin, Irving)

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Performer Pages Arthur Collins (voice)
Byron G. Harlan (voice)
Publisher Info. New York: Victor, No.16908-B, 1911.
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Publisher. Info. New York: Ted Snyder, 1911.
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Publisher. Info. New York: Ted Snyder Co., 1911.
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Work Title Alexander's Ragtime Band
Alternative. Title Song / March and Twostep
Composer Berlin, Irving
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IIB 1
First Performance. 1911-04; see below
First Publication. 1911
Copyright Information Possibly public domain in EU and other 70 pma territories.
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Librettist Composer, version A
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation Version A: voice, piano
Version B: piano
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"'It is possible that the first public performance of "Alexander" took place in mid-April, possibly on April 15, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, when comedian Otis Harlan interpolated a whistled version of it into a performance of Hell, a segment of a three-part entertainment that later was presented in New York beginning April 27, 1911, at the Folies Bergere dinner theatre. According to Berlin scholar Charles Hamm, "Alexander" was probably given its first public performance by Emma Carus on April 17, 1911, when she began a week's engagement as headliner of the Big Easter Vaudeville Carnival at Chicago's American Music Hall."

Robert Kimball and Linda Emmet, The Complete Lyrics of Irving Berlin (p.30)