Previous posts for September 9th are here: Pierre-Laurent Aimard; Michael Bublé (2019), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (2020), Otis Redding (2021). and Edward Burlingame Hill (2022)
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Edwin Lemare (9 September 1865 – 24 September 1934) was one of the most highly regarded and highly paid organists of his generation. He also published a great deal of organ music; his transcriptions of orchestral works are still played.
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The Andantino in D-flat, Op. 83, No. 2 (1888), is one of Lemare's few well-known original compositions. Lemare did not call it Moonlight and Roses nor did he attach any words to the tune; it was American songwriters Ben Black and Charles N. Daniels (as Neil Moret) who added these words without his permission in 1921. The piece became extremely popular and sold over one million copies. Lemare threatened legal action in 1925, resulting in his obtaining a share of the royalties; he finally profited from his popular tune. – adapted form Wikipedia
“Moonlight and Roses” has been covered by John McCormack, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, Connie Boswell, Vaughan Monroe, the Sons of the Pionners, the Mills Brothers, Mitch Miller, Roger Williams, the Living Strings, Vic Dana, Jim Reeves, and dozens of others. – info from secondhandsongs.com
In eighteen hundred eighty-eight
His “Andantino in D-flat”
Entertained without much weight;
And that, one would have thought, was that.
But then in 1921,
Enterprising songsters chose his
Little piece..., when they were done
The song was called "Moonlight and Roses”.
Having been, by luck, selected,
His “Andantino” hit the charts.
Success like this was unexpected –
Fate can toss some funny darts.
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