Background
Abraham Holzmann was born in New York City.
(5 pp. Measures 14 inches x 10 3/4 inches. Cover art 4-col...)
5 pp. Measures 14 inches x 10 3/4 inches. Cover art 4-color, depicts a sweet-faced Uncle Sam holding his hat in one hand while gesturing to a multicolored map of the continental United States of America--each state delineated and named--plus map outlines of US possessions Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and The Philippine Islands. According to Wikipedia, a review originally published by the New York Herald on Sunday, 13t January 1901 entitled German Composer who Writes American Cakewalk Music describes "his knowledge of bass and counterpoint is thorough, and his standard compositions bear the stamp of harmonic lore, which makes his proclivity for the writing of the popular style of music the more remarkable."
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Abraham Holzmann was born in New York City.
The young Holzmann learned music in Germany. A review originally published by the New York Herald on Sunday, 13 January 1901, entitled German Composer who Writes American Cakewalk Music describes "is knowledge of bass and counterpoint is thorough, and his standard compositions bear the stamp of harmonic lore, which makes his proclivity for the writing of the popular style of music the more remarkable."
Abe married Isabelle Fishblatt around 1908, and he became the manager of the Orchestra Department at Jerome Remick & Company, music publisher in New New York He was an early member (1923) of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers).
He earned his livelihood as composer/arranger for Tin Pan Alley publishers, including Leo Feist.
He later was advertising manager for the American Federation of Musicians publication, International Musician. Holzmann died in East Orange, New Jersey at age 64.
His music was especially revered by ragtime enthusiasts, although he composed marches, waltzes, and other light music His 1899 composition Smokey Mokes was briefly featured in the 1936 movie San Francisco.
(Piano solo originally published in 1904)
(6-pages sheet music.)
(sheet music)
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