Thomas S. Allen
Cover of sheet music published in 1913.
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[]
In 1902, his popular fusion of schottische and ragtime, "Any Rags", became a major hit.
Modern impact[]
- "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, folkalbum by Bruce Springsteen
- T. S. Eliot spliced lines together from two songs for The Waste Land.[2]
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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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- 1876 births
- 1919 deaths
- People from Natick, Massachusetts
- American male composers
- American composers
- American violinists
- American male violinists
- Vaudeville performers
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