List of works by James G. Ellis

James G. Ellis was an American composer. This article is a list of his notable works.

Works

James G. Ellis, Ogden, Utah

Ellis & Armitage, Chicago[1]

Ellis & Co., Grand Opera House Building, Chicago

Henderson & Co., New Haven, Indiana

Ellis Music, Chicago

Tell Taylor, Chicago

Frank K. Root & Co., a Chicago publisher (né Frank Kimball Root; 1856–1932)

Craig-Ellis & Co., Roger A. Graham, manager[nb 1]

H.S. Talbot & Co. (Hiram S. Talbot; born 1871), Chicago. Music Printers & Eng's.[nb 2][nb 3]

Acme Music Publishers, 12 East 35th Street, Chicago

Monarch Music Publishers, Chicago

Phenix Music Publishers, 145 N. Clark Street, Chicago

John G. Winter

Miscellaneous

The lyrics reflect Moser's dreams that a Chicago Police Detective, Captain Patrick D. O'Brien (1858–1935), will find her friend, Angelina E. Heller, who was lost in the SS Eastland Disaster.[6][7]

Morris H. Abell (1876–1931)

Thomas W. Hatch, Chicago

† Billboard hit

Selected sacred works

James G. Ellis (Jas. G. Ellis)

Thomas W. Hatch, Chicago

Words are an excerpt from the poem, "Yes, Leave It With Him", which is part of a longer poem titled "He Careth For You", by Rev. Edmund Bridges Miner (1829–1916), first published in the late 1870s in The Interior, a bygone periodical of Western Presbyterian Pub. Co.[8]

Golden Shore Pub. Co., Los Angeles

Words for the first 1/3rd of the song is Matthew's account of Jesus' transfiguration on the mountain
Words for the remaining 2/3rds is an excerpt from Thomas Moore's Lalla Rookh

Boston Music Co. (G. Schirmer, Boston)
Henry Clough-Leighter, editor-in-chief since 1908[12] (1874–1956)

Copyright December 28, 1936; Class E (musical composition), published, 59505, Boston Music Co.

Other published works

"Fictional restatement of the Way of Christ in its primitive purity, an interesting story couched in divine philosophy"
By Ellis, Bell, California: Golden Rulers (publisher) (1951); OCLC 82373624, 50080708
Golden Rulers, publisher, was owned by James Garfield Ellis[© Books 1]
Wetzel Publishing, Los Angeles, was a self publishing firm widely known for publishing Gadsby, a 50,000 word story written in 1939 without a single letter "e"

Selected discography

Victor 45322; Matrix B-26470/6, sung by Elsie Baker, recorded May 18, 1922, Camden, New Jersey
Library of Congress archive
Columbia Graphophone Co. 91515, Ambrose Jay Wyrick (1891–1960), tenor
Personal Record, made for MackEllis Co.
Selling Agent: Thomas W. Hatch, 208 N. Wabash Ave. Chicago
Edison Diamond Disc 56488-R
Georgia Brevillier (née French; 1883–1950), contralto, with orchestra
Recorded October 13, 1921[13]
Crown (label)
Francois Anatole, with piano, viola, and flute
Mary Dean, vocalist; William Aubert Luce, oranist
Malibu, California: Sceptre Records
Side R (cylinder): Matrix 5579-B-1-4[1-2] "When The Bonnie, Bonnie Heather is Blooming — I'll Return Annie Laurie To You", sung by Glen Ellison (1876–1947)
Recorded in New York City, March 21, 1917

Selected works

Notes

  1. ↑ Publishing addresses of Craig-Ellis & Co. was 145 North Clark Street, Chicago.
  2. ↑ H.S. Talbot & Co. was founded in 1890. Its locations were:
    • 184 Dearborn (1910)
    • 105 S Dearborn Street (1912)
    • 2931 Flournoy and 38 W. Randolph (1914)
    • 36 West Randolph Street (1916)
  3. ↑ Talbot notes: 1919: Irving Gingrich (pseudonym of Peter Philip Bilhorn; 1865–1936), a composer of over 2000 gospel hymns, was office manager of H.S. Talbot & Co.[3]

References

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 3 Musical Compositions, New Series, Library of Congress, Copyright Office

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Books, Library of Congress, Copyright Office

Inline citations

  1. ↑ Printing Trade News, Vol. 44, pg. 37 (1913); OCLC 45876121
        "The Ellis & Armitage Music Publishing Company"
        Capital – $25,000
        Incorporators: James G. Ellis, Charles G. Davies (1852–1921), Daniel J. Armitage (1857–1931)
  2. ↑ (see Van Buren sisters)
  3. ↑ The M.S.C. Record, Michigan Agricultural College (publisher), February 13, 1920, Vol. 25, Issues 19, pg. 8., col. 3
  4. ↑ "From 'Hawk-Eye March and Quick Step' to 'Caprice Hongrois': Music Publishing in Iowa", by Diane Parr Walker (born 1953), American Music, Vol. 1, No. 4, Music Publishing in America (Winter, 1983), pg. 50 (pps. 42–62), University of Illinois Press; ISSN 1945-2349
  5. ↑ "Funeral Held Today For Mrs. A.J. Moser, 83"
  6. ↑ "Hears Owls Hoot in Her Dreams and Fears for Her Friend", Decatur Daily Democrat, August 7, 1915, pg. 1
  7. ↑ "Hears Owls Hoot", Chicago American, August 4, 1915
  8. ↑ "'62 Edmund B. Miner", Auburn Seminary Record, Volume 19, Issue 1, New York: Auburn Theological Seminary (1923)
  9. ↑ "Farm News Editor 40 Years Dies", Dallas Morning News, December 17, 1940, Sec. 2, pgs. 1 & 16
  10. ↑ William R. McKenzie, former president of the Christian Science Church, was the brother of sculptor R. Tait McKenzie
  11. ↑ Catalogue of Vocal Solos and Duets Arranged in Biblical Order (2nd ed.), James A. Laster & Diana Reed Strommen (eds.), Scarecrow Press (2003), pg. 215; OCLC 52203064
  12. ↑ The Art of Music (Vol. 11 of 14), by Daniel Gregory Mason, New York: National Society of Music (1917); OCLC 3026244
  13. ↑ Edison Diamond Disc Record Labels & Discography: Vol. 2 — 1920–1924, by Edgar Gregory (ed.), Melvindale, Michigan: Mel Print. Co. (2003); OCLC 664425669
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