Oh by jingo albert von tilzer biography

This month we look at the second of the greatest pair of song writing brothers who pioneered much of the music of Tin Pan Alley in it's early years; Albert Von Tilzer.

Last month we presented older brother Harry's biography and a view of some of his music. Between them they produced some of the greatest music of the early twentieth century, much of which is still well known.

Oh by jingo albert von tilzer biography

Both also contributed to the growth of the music publishing business through the establishment of successful publishing houses. Both were born Gumm (some accounts further say that their birth name was Gummblinsky which was shortened to Gumm ) and when Brother Harry changed his name to "Von Tilzer" in , brother Albert followed suit.

Though both wrote songs with almost every major songwriter in Tin Pan Alley, they never wrote a song together (that I can find) and their personal and business ties remained seemingly estranged except for a very shor