Background
His mother was the Countess Fevrier, related to Napoleon III.
His mother was the Countess Fevrier, related to Napoleon III.
He died in New York city aged 29 during the Spanish Flu pandemic. lieutenant is sometimes considered to be the first example of the novelty piano or "novelty ragtime" genre, published by Sam Fox Publishing Company. lieutenant was the signature theme of the Vincent Lopez orchestra, and a top ten hit for Les Paul in 1950.
Felix Arndt piano solos
71st Regiment - Waltz (1908)
A Symphonic Nightmare - Desecration Rag #1 (1914)
From Soup to Nuts - One Step Turkey Trot (1914)
Kakuda - One Step Turkey Trot (1914)
Marionette (1914)
Nola (1915)
Toots - Rag One Step (1915)
An Operatic Nightmare - Desecration Rag #2 (1916)
Clover Club - Fox Trot (1918)
Felix Arndt songs
As Long As the Band Will Play - 1911 (with Harold Atteridge)
Snow Time - 1911 (with Bert Fitzgibbon)
If That is Not Love Wot? - 1911 (with Louis Weslyn)
When Sunday Rolls Around - 1911 (with Louis Weslyn)
Night Time - 1911 (with Louis Weslyn)
When You Know Why - 1913 (with Louis Weslyn)
Evr"y Rose Reminds Maine of You - 1913 (with Louis Weslyn)
In the Shade of the Mango Tree - 1918 (with Louis Weslyn)
My Gal"s Another Gal Like Galli-Curci - 1918 (with Louis Weslyn)
Nola (song) - 1922 (with James F Burns) (posthumous)
His piano rolls reveal Arndt to be a fine pianist, and he is known to have been an influence on the young George Gershwin, who would visit him at his studio in the Aeolian Building on 42nd Street in Manhattan.
