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| Kerry Mills | |
|---|---|
| Born | Fredierick Allen Mills 1 February 1869 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Died | 5 December 1948 (aged 79) Hawthorne, California, United States |
| Other names | F.A. Mills (publishing as) |
| Occupation | Composer, Music Publishing Executive |
| Known for | F.A Mills Music Publisher |
Kerry Mills (né Frederick Allen Mills; 1 February 1869 in Philadelphia – 5 December 1948 in Hawthorne, California), publishing also as F.A . Mills was an American ragtime composer and music publishing executive of popular music during the Tin Pan Alley era.[1][2][3][4][5] His stylistically diverse music ranged from ragtime through cakewalk to marches. He was most prolific between 1895 and 1918.[6][7][8][9][10]
Career[edit]
Mills trained as a violinist and was head of the Violin Department of the University of Michigan School of Music when he began composing. He moved to New York City in 1895 and started a music publishing firm, (F. A. Mills Music Publisher), publishing his own work and that of others.[11]
Selected works[edit]
- "Impecunious Davis"
- "In The City Of Sighs And Tears"
- "Just For The Sake Of Society"
- "Let's All Go Up To Maud's"
- "The Longest Way 'Round Is The Sweetest Way Home"
- "Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis" (words by Andrew B. Sterling)
- 1895 : Rastus on Parade - Characteristic Two Step March for Piano
- 1895 : Shandon Bells - Two Step March
- 1896 : Happy Days in Dixie - Characteristic March
- 1897 : At A Georgia Camp Meeting - A Characteristic March listen to:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLR2ZI0evgs
- 1899 : Whistling Rufus - Characteristic Two Step March, Polka & Cakewalk
- 1899 : Impecunious Davis - A Characteristic March
- 1900 or before: Cake-Walk
- 1900 : Kerry Mills Medley - Themes from Previous Cake Walk and Songs
- 1902 : Harmony Moze - Characteristic Two Step
- 1902 : A Brand Plucked from the Burning (words by Alfred Bryan)
- 1902 : I Know She Waits for Me (words by Alfred Bryan)
- 1903 : Valse Hèléne
- 1903 : Petite Causerie - A Quiet Chat
- 1903 : Valse Primrose - Les Primevères
- 1903 : 'Leven Forty-Five From The Hotel - Two Step March
- 1903 : Me and Me Banjo - Characteristic Piece
- 1903 : Petite Causerie (A Quiet Chat)
- 1903 : Valse Helene
- 1903 : L'amour Aux Bois (Cupid's Bower)
- 1903 : Valse Primrose (Les Primeveres)
- 1903 : Like A Star That Falls From Heaven (words by Alfred Bryan)
- 1904 : We'll Be Together When the Clouds Roll By (words by Alfred Bryan)
- 1906 : Old Heidelberg: - Characteristic Two Step March
- 1906 : While The Old Mill Wheel Is Turning||Mills|Kerry|0}} (words by Will D. Cobb)
- 1907 : Red Wing" - An Indian Intermezzo (words by Thurland Chattaway). Mills adapted the melody from Schumann's "The Happy Farmer"
- 1908 : Kerry Mills Barn Dance
- 1908 : Sun Bird - Intermezzo
- 1908 : Hallie (A Little Romance)
- 1908 : Sweet Sixteens - March
- 1908 : Any Old Port in a Storm (words by Arthur J. Lamb)
- 1908 : If You Were Mine (words by Arthur J. Lamb)
- 1909 : Comical Eyes (words by Bartley C. Costello)
- 1909 : Kerry Mills Rag Time Dance
- 1909 : A Georgia Barn Dance
- 1909 : The Scarf Dancer - A Novelty Two Step
- 1909 : Lily of the Prairie - Two Step Intermezzo
- 1909 : Sicilian Chimes - Reverie
- 1909 : Kerry Mills Potpourri
- 1909 : Don't Be an Old Maid, Molly
- 1909 : Where Were You Last Night? (words by Alfred Bryan)
- 1910 : That Fascinating Ragtime Glide
- 1910 : Valley Flower - Intermezzo
- 1910 : Kerry Mills Palmetto Slide
- 1910 : The Wyoming Prance - A Rag Time Two Step
- 1910 : I've Lost My Nannie
- 1911 : You've Got the Wrong Number, But You've Got the Right Girl (words by Arthur J. Lamb)
- 1914 : Kerry Mills Turkey Trot
- 1914 : Kerry Mills Fox Trot
- 1918 : Snooky Hollow - Intermezzo
- 1919 : Tokio - Fox Trot on Chorus from Geisha Girl
See also[edit]
- List of ragtime composers
External links[edit]
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kerry Mills. |
- Sheet music for his song "We'll Be Together When the Clouds Roll By" from the collection at University of Oregon Libraries
- Free scores by Kerry Mills at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Kerry Mills recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.
References[edit]
- ^ Biography Index, H.W. Wilson Co.; ISSN 0006-3053
Vol. 1: Jan. 1946–Jul. 1949 (1949)
Vol. 6: Jan. 1961–Jul. 1974 (1965) - ^ Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (Mills is in Vol. 4 of 6), Macmillan; Schirmer
6th ed., Slonimsky (ed.) (1978); OCLC 4426869
8th ed., Slonimsky (ed.) (1992); OCLC 24246972
9th ed., Laura Kuhn (ed.) (born 1953) (2001); OCLC 44972043 - ^ Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Classical Musicians, Nicolas Slonimsky (ed), Schirmer (1997); OCLC 36111932
- ^ The New Grove Dictionary of American Music, (Mills is in Vol. 3 of 4), H. Wiley Hitchcock & Stanley Sadie (eds.), Macmillan Publishers (1986); (see Oxford Music Online); OCLC 13184437, OCLC 230202868
- ^ The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music: Composers and Their Music — Supplement, William H. Rehrig (ed.), Westerville, OH: Integrity Press (1996); OCLC 45209483
- ^ American Popular Songs, From the Revolutionary War to the present, edited by David Ewen, New York: Random House (1966); OCLC 598027
- ^ Popular American Composers, From Revolutionary times to the present — A Biographical and Critical Guide, 1st ed., compiled & edited by David Ewen, New York: H.W. Wilson Co. (1962); OCLC 63081753
- ^ Notable Names in the American Theatre, Walter Rigdon (born 1930) (ed.), Clifton, NJ: James T. White & Co. (1976); OCLC 2372945
Alphabetized by titles of address, e.g.: Dr., Mrs., and Sir - ^ The Oxford Companion to Popular Music, by Peter Gammond, Oxford, England: Oxford University Press (1991); OCLC 22382241
- ^ Sweet and Lowdown: America's Popular Song Writers, by Warren Craig, Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press (1978); OCLC 3380132
- ^ The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz, 1900-1950, by Roger D. Kinkle (1916–2000) (Mills is Vol 3 of 4), Arlington House Publishers, New Rochelle, NY (1974) OCLC 897890