Thomas S. Allen
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Thomas S. Allen (1876–1919), an early figure in Tin Pan Alley, was an American vaudeville composer, manager, and violinist.[1] He was born in Natick, Massachusetts, and died in Boston.
Popular songs[edit]
In 1902, his popular fusion of schottische and ragtime, "Any Rags", became a major hit. Its companion song is "Scissors to Grind".
Modern impact[edit]
- "Whip and Spur" (1902) is performed at circuses and rodeos.
- "Low Bridge, Everybody Down", also known as "Fifteen Years on the Erie Canal" or "Fifteen Miles on the Erie Canal" (1913) is a well-known song, often referred to as a folk song. Included in the Seeger Sessions, folk album by Bruce Springsteen
- T. S. Eliot spliced lines together from two songs for The Waste Land.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Thomas S. Allen: Information and Much More from Answers.com
- ^ Chinitz, David (2004). "In the Shadows: Popular Song and Eliot's Construction of Emotion". Modernism/modernity. 11 (3): 449–467. doi:10.1353/mod.2004.0053. S2CID 143814386.
External links[edit]
The list of Allen's works omits his 1914 composition "I Wonder What Will William Tell", Music by "X, with apologies to G. Rossini", Daly Music Publishing, Boston Mass.
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