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Alfred Baldwin Sloane

April 12, 2024

Alfred Baldwin Sloane (28 August 1872, Baltimore – 21 February 1925, Red Bank, New Jersey) was an American composer, considered the most prolific songwriter for Broadway musical comedies at the beginning of the 20th century.[1][2][3]

His scores were first heard in amateur productions in Baltimore, where he grew up. When Sloane first moved to New York in 1890, he began interpolating melodies into others' scores and soon was invited to create his own. His biggest hit was "Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl," which Marie Dressler introduced in Tillie's Nightmare (1910), but none of his songs found enduring popularity.

He composed only rarely after 1912, but he did provide much of the music for the 1919 and 1920 Greenwich Village Follies. He wrote one of his musicals, Lady Teazle, for Lillian Russell when she was at the height of her national popularity. His last score, for the 1925 Broadway production China Rose, was in production at his death.[4][5][6] China Rose had been produced in Boston, by Christmas Eve, 1924.[7]

Early life edit

Sloane, who at the age of 18, moved from Baltimore to New York City in 1890 intending to stay a month, stayed for the rest of his life. While living in Baltimore, Sloane wrote the lyrics and music for about a dozen so-called coon songs.

As a boy in Baltimore, Sloane was an apprentice at a wholesale dry goods dealer. His father, a scientist and dilettante musician, became alarmed at the thought of him trying to make a living as a composer. However, Sloane spent most or his time in the dry goods house composing songs on the backs of pearl button cards, shirt boxes, and price tickets. Sloane was fired from the dry goods house for wasting time making rhymes. While his father was trying to find another job for him, he organized an amateur company in Baltimore which put on a musical comedy of one of his compositions and drew $25,000 in five nights. Sloane showed his father the box office reports and opposition ceased. It was soon after that the boy quit Baltimore and approached New York with misgivings as to his own ability to offer one of his shows to Oscar Hammerstein. Hammerstein produced the show and Sloane never left New York.[8][9]

Executive positions edit

  • At the time of his death, Sloane was the president of Composers' Publishing Company and vice president of Authors and Composers Publishing Company.

Affiliations edit

He was a member of The Lambs, the Green Room Club, and Old Strollers.

Selected musical scores edit

New York productions

  • Peggy-Ann December 27, 1926 – October 29, 1927, Vanderbilt Theatre (333 performances)
  • China Rose, music by Sloane, January 19, 1925 – May 9, 1925
  • The Greenwich Village Follies of 1920, music by Sloane, August 30, 1920 – March 5, 1921
  • The Greenwich Village Follies (1919), music by Sloane, July 15, 1919 – January 31, 1920
  • Ladies First, Nora Bayes production, adaptation from Charles H. Hoyt's A Contented Woman, by Harry B. Smith, music by Sloane, October 24, 1918 – March 15, 1919
  • Marie Dressler's All Star Gambol, music by Sloane, March 10, 1913 – March 15, 1913
  • The Sun Dodgers, music by Sloane, November 30, 1912 – December 14, 1912
  • Roly Poly / Without the Law (burlesque), music & lyrics by Sloane, November 21, 1912 – Jan 11, 1913
  • Hanky Panky, music by Sloane, August 5, 1912 – November 2, 1912
  • Alexander's Bag-Pipe Band, lyrics & music by E. Ray Goetz, Irving Berlin, and A. Baldwin (1912)
  • Hokey-Pokey / Bunty Pulls the Strings, music by Sloane, February 8, 1912 – May 11, 1912
  • The Never Homes, music by Sloane, October 5, 1911 – Dec 23, 1911
  • Hello, Paris, featuring songs by Sloane, August 19, 1911 – September 30, 1911
  • The Hen-Pecks, music by Sloane, February 4, 1911 – September 23, 1911
  • The Summer Widowers, music by Sloane, June 4, 1910 – October 1, 1910
  • Tillie's Nightmare, music by Sloane, May 5, 1910 – Dec 1911
  • The Prince of Bohemia, music by Sloane, January 14, 1910 – Feb 1910
  • Lo (musical comedy), book & lyrics by O. Henry (pseudonym of William Sydney Porter) & Franklin Pierce Adams, music by Sloane (1909)
  • Fascinating Flora, featuring songs by Sloane, May 20, 1907 – September 7, 1907
  • The Mimic and the Maid, music by Sloane, January 11, 1907 – Jan 12, 1907
  • The Great Decide, music by Sloane, November 15, 1906 – Dec 29, 1906
  • About Town, additional music by Sloane, November 15, 1906 – Dec 29, 1906
  • Seeing New York, book by Sloane, June 5, 1906 – August 18, 1906
  • Coming Thro' The Rye, music by Sloane, January 9, 1906 – February 10, 1906
  • The Gingerbread Man, music by Sloane, December 25, 1905 – May 26, 1906
 
Still from "The Gingerbread Man" 1909 production, Seattle, WA
  • Lady Teazle, music by Sloane, December 24, 1904 – February 11, 1905
  • The Wizard of Oz, music by Sloane, March 21, 1904 – Nov 25, 1905
  • Glittering Gloria, featuring songs by Sloane, February 15, 1904 – April 1904
  • Sergeant Kitty, music Sloane, January 18, 1904 – March 12, 1904
  • The Girl from Dixie, additional music by Sloane, December 14, 1903 – January 2, 1904
  • Red Feather, additional lyrics and music by Sloane, November 9, 1903 – April 1904
  • George W. Lederer's Mid-Summer Night Fancies, additional music Sloane, June 22, 1903 – July 18, 1903
  • The Wizard of Oz, music by Sloane, January 20, 1903 – Oct 3, 1903
  • The Mocking Bird, music by Sloane, November 10, 1902 – Jun 8, 1903
  • The Belle of Broadway, music by Sloane, March 15, 1902 – March 29, 1902
  • The Hall of Fame, music by Sloane, February 5, 1902 – June 4, 1902
  • The Supper Club, music by Sloane, lyrics by Sloane, December 23, 1901 – January 25, 1902
  • The Little Duchess, additional music by Sloane, October 14, 1901 – April 1902
  • The Liberty Belles, additional music by Sloane, September 30, 1901 – January 1902
  • The King's Carnival, music by Sloane, September 9, 1901 – October 12, 1901
  • The King's Carnival, music by Sloane, May 13, 1901 – June 6, 1901
  • The Giddy Throng, music by Sloane, December 24, 1900 – May 11, 1901
  • Madge Smith, Attorney, music by Sloane, December 10, 1900 – March 1901
  • Nell-Go-In, music by Sloane, October 31, 1900 – November 17, 1900
  • A Million Dollars, music by Sloane, September 27, 1900 – October 20, 1900
  • Aunt Hannah, music by Sloane, February 22, 1900 – Mar 10, 1900
  • Broadway to Tokio, music by Sloane, January 23, 1900 – April 7, 1900
  • Papa's Wife, additional music by Sloane, November 13, 1899 – March 31, 1900
  • The Queen's Fan, music by Sloane, lyrics by George Totten Smith, opened March 11, 1899, Frederick P. Proctor's 23rd Street Theatre
  • Jack and the Beanstalk (musical extravaganza), music by Sloane, November 1896
  • Excelsior, Jr., music by Sloane, November 25, 1895

New York productions (dates not known)

  • Mustapha

Baltimore

  • Midas (operetta), Albaugh's Lyceum Theatre (show was purchased by Edward E. Rice), February 9, 1895 OCLC 26835642, 773494615
  • Li'l Mose, music by Sloane, April 28, 1908 —
  • Mustapha, music & lyrics by Sloane, Pain and Powder Club, performed at Albaugh's theater, 1894

Filmography edit

Soundtrack

  • 1952: Somebody Loves Me, Toddling the Todalo lyrics by Sloane
  • 1940: Strike Up the Band, Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl, music & lyrics by Sloane (uncredited)
  • 1939: Frontier Marshal Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl, music & lyrics by Sloan (uncredited)

Writer

Self

Selected sheet music edit

William Pilling, New York (publisher)

  • He Cert'ny Was Good To Me, lyrics by Jean C. Havez, music by Sloane (1898)

M. Witmark & Sons

  • Susie, Mah Sue, music & lyrics by Sloane (lyricist) (1900) – from the musical Broadway to Tokio
  • Lazy Bill, A Volunteer Of Rest, music by Sloane, lyrics by Glen MacDonough (1897) - from the musical The Marquis of Michigan

Joseph W. Stern & Co., New York

  • There's a Little Street in Heaven That They Call Broadway, lyrics by James T. Waldron & Sloane, music by Sloane (1903) OCLC 26005231

Charles K. Harris, Chicago

The Gingerbread Man (musical)
Book & lyrics by Frederic Ranken, music by Sloane (1905)
  • The Evil Eye
  • The Beautiful Land of Bon Bon
  • John Dough
  • Moon Song

Family edit

Sloane was the son of Francis James Sloane and Emma Baldwin (maiden). He married Lucille Mae Auwerda in Manhattan on February 15, 1900. They had one daughter – June Augusta Sloane (1901–1984) – who married Isaac Hosford Brackett (1901–1976).

References edit

  1. ^ Oxford Companion to American Theatre The Oxford Companion to American Theatre, Oxford University Press (2004)
  2. ^ Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales, Oxford University Press (2000, 2002, 2005)
  3. ^ Who's who in New York (city and State), Seventh Edition: 1917–1918, by Lewis Randolph Hamersly, p. 986 (1918)
  4. ^ Who's Who On The Stage – The Dramatic Reference Book and Biographical Dictionary of the Theatre, 1906 Edition, edited by Walter Browne & F.A. Austin, Walter Browne & F.A. Austin (publisher), New York (1906)
  5. ^ Who's Who On The Stage – The Dramatic Reference Book and Biographical Dictionary of the Theatre, 1908 Edition, edited by Walter Browne & E. De Roy Koch, B.W. Dodge & Co., New York (1908)
  6. ^ Who Was Who in America – A Component Volume of Who's Who in American History; Volume 1: 1897–1942, A.N. Marquis Co., Chicago (1943)
  7. ^ Christmas Eve, Boston Herald, December 23, 1924, p. 6, col. 5
  8. ^ Rusty Lyre Muted, Alfred Sloane Dies, Dallas Morning News, February 23, 1925, Part 1, page 1
  9. ^ The actors' birthday book, Volume 1, by Johnson Briscoe, p. 191 (1907)

Bibliography edit

  • Who's Who On The Stage – The Dramatic Reference Book and Biographical Dictionary of the Theatre, 1906 Edition, edited by Walter Browne & F.A. Austin, Walter Browne & F.A. Austin (publisher), New York (1906)
  • Who's Who On The Stage – The Dramatic Reference Book and Biographical Dictionary of the Theatre, 1908 Edition, edited by Walter Browne & E. De Roy Koch, B.W. Dodge & Co., New York (1908)
  • Who Was Who in America – A Component Volume of Who's Who in American History; Volume 1: 1897–1942, A.N. Marquis Co., Chicago (1943)
  • Biography Index – A Cumulative Index to Biographical Material in Books and Magazines; Volume 5: September 1958 – August 1961, H.W. Wilson Company, New York (1962)
  • Biography Index – A Cumulative Index to Biographical Material in Books and Magazines; Volume 6: September 1961 – August 1964, H.W. Wilson Company, New York (1965)
  • The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography; Volume 31, James T. White & Co., New York (1944)
  • Who Was Who in the Theatre: 1912–1976 – A biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Directors, Playwrights, and Producers of the English-Speaking Theatre, compiled from Who's Who in the Theatre, Volumes 1–15 (1912–1972), four volumes, Gale Research, Detroit (1978)

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Alfred Baldwin Sloane 28 August 1872 Baltimore 21 February 1925 Red Bank New Jersey was an American composer considered the most prolific songwriter for Broadway musical comedies at the beginning of the 20th century 1 2 3 His scores were first heard in amateur productions in Baltimore where he grew up When Sloane first moved to New York in 1890 he began interpolating melodies into others scores and soon was invited to create his own His biggest hit was Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl which Marie Dressler introduced in Tillie s Nightmare 1910 but none of his songs found enduring popularity He composed only rarely after 1912 but he did provide much of the music for the 1919 and 1920 Greenwich Village Follies He wrote one of his musicals Lady Teazle for Lillian Russell when she was at the height of her national popularity His last score for the 1925 Broadway production China Rose was in production at his death 4 5 6 China Rose had been produced in Boston by Christmas Eve 1924 7 Contents 1 Early life 2 Executive positions 3 Affiliations 4 Selected musical scores 5 Filmography 6 Selected sheet music 7 Family 8 References 9 BibliographyEarly life editSloane who at the age of 18 moved from Baltimore to New York City in 1890 intending to stay a month stayed for the rest of his life While living in Baltimore Sloane wrote the lyrics and music for about a dozen so called coon songs As a boy in Baltimore Sloane was an apprentice at a wholesale dry goods dealer His father a scientist and dilettante musician became alarmed at the thought of him trying to make a living as a composer However Sloane spent most or his time in the dry goods house composing songs on the backs of pearl button cards shirt boxes and price tickets Sloane was fired from the dry goods house for wasting time making rhymes While his father was trying to find another job for him he organized an amateur company in Baltimore which put on a musical comedy of one of his compositions and drew 25 000 in five nights Sloane showed his father the box office reports and opposition ceased It was soon after that the boy quit Baltimore and approached New York with misgivings as to his own ability to offer one of his shows to Oscar Hammerstein Hammerstein produced the show and Sloane never left New York 8 9 Executive positions editAt the time of his death Sloane was the president of Composers Publishing Company and vice president of Authors and Composers Publishing Company Affiliations editHe was a member of The Lambs the Green Room Club and Old Strollers Selected musical scores editNew York productions Peggy Ann December 27 1926 October 29 1927 Vanderbilt Theatre 333 performances China Rose music by Sloane January 19 1925 May 9 1925 The Greenwich Village Follies of 1920 music by Sloane August 30 1920 March 5 1921 The Greenwich Village Follies 1919 music by Sloane July 15 1919 January 31 1920 Ladies First Nora Bayes production adaptation from Charles H Hoyt s A Contented Woman by Harry B Smith music by Sloane October 24 1918 March 15 1919 Marie Dressler s All Star Gambol music by Sloane March 10 1913 March 15 1913 The Sun Dodgers music by Sloane November 30 1912 December 14 1912 Roly Poly Without the Law burlesque music amp lyrics by Sloane November 21 1912 Jan 11 1913 Hanky Panky music by Sloane August 5 1912 November 2 1912 Alexander s Bag Pipe Band lyrics amp music by E Ray Goetz Irving Berlin and A Baldwin 1912 Hokey Pokey Bunty Pulls the Strings music by Sloane February 8 1912 May 11 1912 The Never Homes music by Sloane October 5 1911 Dec 23 1911 Hello Paris featuring songs by Sloane August 19 1911 September 30 1911 The Hen Pecks music by Sloane February 4 1911 September 23 1911 The Summer Widowers music by Sloane June 4 1910 October 1 1910 Tillie s Nightmare music by Sloane May 5 1910 Dec 1911 The Prince of Bohemia music by Sloane January 14 1910 Feb 1910 Lo musical comedy book amp lyrics by O Henry pseudonym of William Sydney Porter amp Franklin Pierce Adams music by Sloane 1909 Fascinating Flora featuring songs by Sloane May 20 1907 September 7 1907 The Mimic and the Maid music by Sloane January 11 1907 Jan 12 1907 The Great Decide music by Sloane November 15 1906 Dec 29 1906 About Town additional music by Sloane November 15 1906 Dec 29 1906 Seeing New York book by Sloane June 5 1906 August 18 1906 Coming Thro The Rye music by Sloane January 9 1906 February 10 1906 The Gingerbread Man music by Sloane December 25 1905 May 26 1906 nbsp Still from The Gingerbread Man 1909 production Seattle WALady Teazle music by Sloane December 24 1904 February 11 1905 The Wizard of Oz music by Sloane March 21 1904 Nov 25 1905 Glittering Gloria featuring songs by Sloane February 15 1904 April 1904 Sergeant Kitty music Sloane January 18 1904 March 12 1904 The Girl from Dixie additional music by Sloane December 14 1903 January 2 1904 Red Feather additional lyrics and music by Sloane November 9 1903 April 1904 George W Lederer s Mid Summer Night Fancies additional music Sloane June 22 1903 July 18 1903 The Wizard of Oz music by Sloane January 20 1903 Oct 3 1903 The Mocking Bird music by Sloane November 10 1902 Jun 8 1903 The Belle of Broadway music by Sloane March 15 1902 March 29 1902 The Hall of Fame music by Sloane February 5 1902 June 4 1902 The Supper Club music by Sloane lyrics by Sloane December 23 1901 January 25 1902 The Little Duchess additional music by Sloane October 14 1901 April 1902 The Liberty Belles additional music by Sloane September 30 1901 January 1902 The King s Carnival music by Sloane September 9 1901 October 12 1901 The King s Carnival music by Sloane May 13 1901 June 6 1901 The Giddy Throng music by Sloane December 24 1900 May 11 1901 Madge Smith Attorney music by Sloane December 10 1900 March 1901 Nell Go In music by Sloane October 31 1900 November 17 1900 A Million Dollars music by Sloane September 27 1900 October 20 1900 Aunt Hannah music by Sloane February 22 1900 Mar 10 1900 Broadway to Tokio music by Sloane January 23 1900 April 7 1900 Papa s Wife additional music by Sloane November 13 1899 March 31 1900 The Queen s Fan music by Sloane lyrics by George Totten Smith opened March 11 1899 Frederick P Proctor s 23rd Street Theatre Jack and the Beanstalk musical extravaganza music by Sloane November 1896 Excelsior Jr music by Sloane November 25 1895 New York productions dates not known Mustapha Baltimore Midas operetta Albaugh s Lyceum Theatre show was purchased by Edward E Rice February 9 1895 OCLC 26835642 773494615 Li l Mose music by Sloane April 28 1908 Mustapha music amp lyrics by Sloane Pain and Powder Club performed at Albaugh s theater 1894Filmography editSoundtrack 1952 Somebody Loves Me Toddling the Todalo lyrics by Sloane 1940 Strike Up the Band Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl music amp lyrics by Sloane uncredited 1939 Frontier Marshal Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl music amp lyrics by Sloan uncredited Writer 1914 Tillie s Punctured Romance Tillie s Nightmare uncredited Self 1914 Our Mutual Girl Sloane plays himself episode 10 Selected sheet music editWilliam Pilling New York publisher He Cert ny Was Good To Me lyrics by Jean C Havez music by Sloane 1898 M Witmark amp Sons Susie Mah Sue music amp lyrics by Sloane lyricist 1900 from the musical Broadway to Tokio Lazy Bill A Volunteer Of Rest music by Sloane lyrics by Glen MacDonough 1897 from the musical The Marquis of MichiganJoseph W Stern amp Co New York There s a Little Street in Heaven That They Call Broadway lyrics by James T Waldron amp Sloane music by Sloane 1903 OCLC 26005231Charles K Harris Chicago The Gingerbread Man musical Book amp lyrics by Frederic Ranken music by Sloane 1905 The Evil Eye The Beautiful Land of Bon Bon John Dough Moon SongFamily editSloane was the son of Francis James Sloane and Emma Baldwin maiden He married Lucille Mae Auwerda in Manhattan on February 15 1900 They had one daughter June Augusta Sloane 1901 1984 who married Isaac Hosford Brackett 1901 1976 References edit Oxford Companion to American Theatre The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Oxford University Press 2004 Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales Oxford University Press 2000 2002 2005 Who s who in New York city and State Seventh Edition 1917 1918 by Lewis Randolph Hamersly p 986 1918 Who s Who On The Stage The Dramatic Reference Book and Biographical Dictionary of the Theatre 1906 Edition edited by Walter Browne amp F A Austin Walter Browne amp F A Austin publisher New York 1906 Who s Who On The Stage The Dramatic Reference Book and Biographical Dictionary of the Theatre 1908 Edition edited by Walter Browne amp E De Roy Koch B W Dodge amp Co New York 1908 Who Was Who in America A Component Volume of Who s Who in American History Volume 1 1897 1942 A N Marquis Co Chicago 1943 Christmas Eve Boston Herald December 23 1924 p 6 col 5 Rusty Lyre Muted Alfred Sloane Dies Dallas Morning News February 23 1925 Part 1 page 1 The actors birthday book Volume 1 by Johnson Briscoe p 191 1907 Bibliography editWho s Who On The Stage The Dramatic Reference Book and Biographical Dictionary of the Theatre 1906 Edition edited by Walter Browne amp F A Austin Walter Browne amp F A Austin publisher New York 1906 Who s Who On The Stage The Dramatic Reference Book and Biographical Dictionary of the Theatre 1908 Edition edited by Walter Browne amp E De Roy Koch B W Dodge amp Co New York 1908 Who Was Who in America A Component Volume of Who s Who in American History Volume 1 1897 1942 A N Marquis Co Chicago 1943 Biography Index A Cumulative Index to Biographical Material in Books and Magazines Volume 5 September 1958 August 1961 H W Wilson Company New York 1962 Biography Index A Cumulative Index to Biographical Material in Books and Magazines Volume 6 September 1961 August 1964 H W Wilson Company New York 1965 The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography Volume 31 James T White amp Co New York 1944 Who Was Who in the Theatre 1912 1976 A biographical Dictionary of Actors Actresses Directors Playwrights and Producers of the English Speaking Theatre compiled from Who s Who in the Theatre Volumes 1 15 1912 1972 four volumes Gale Research Detroit 1978 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alfred Baldwin Sloane amp oldid 1215800658, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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