Charlotte M. Blake (May 30, 1885 – August 21, 1979) was an American

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

of waltzes, marches and ragtime. Blake was the oldest of six children born to Edward and Caroline Blake of Ohio. At age 18, she got a job as a writer and arranger for

Jerome H. Remick Jerome Hosmer Remick (15 November 1867 – 15 July 1931) was an American music publisher, businessman and philanthropist in Detroit, Michigan. Life and career Remick was born in Detroit as the son of James Albert Remick and Mary Amelia Hosmer. ...

. Her first published composition, "King Cupid" appeared in 1903. After retiring from the music business, she worked as a clerk at

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for two decades.

List of compositions

In chronological order: Gravel Rag

* "King Cupid" (1903) * "The Missouri Mule March" (1904) * "Dainty Dames - A Novelette" (1905) * "The Mascot" (march, 1905) * "My Lady Laughter" (waltzes, 1905) * "Love Is King" (waltzes, 1906) * "Could You Read My Heart" (with words by Arthur Gillespie, 1906) * "A Night, A Girl, A Moon" (1907) * "Curly: March And Two Step" (1907) * "Orchids, Novelette Three Step" (1907) * "Hip Hip Hoorah" (march, 1907) * "The Last Kiss" (waltzes, 1907) * "I Wonder If It's You" (with words by

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, 1907) * "Bogie Man - A Creep-Mouse Tune" (1907) * "So Near and Yet So Far" (with Arthur Gillespie, 1907) * "Love Tree" (1908) * "The Gravel Rag" (1908) * "In Mem'ry of You, Sweetheart" (song, with words by Arthur Gillespie, 1908) * "It Makes A Lot Of Difference When You're With The Girl You Love" (song, with words by Arthur Gillespie and Harold Ward, 1909) * "Poker Rag" (1909) * "Honey When It's Sunny" (with words by Arthur Gillespie and Collin Davis, 1909) * "The Wish Bone" (rag, 1909) * "Lily Eyes: Valse Poetique" (1909) * "Yankee Kid" (1909) * "Honey Bug" (song, with words by Earle Clinton Jones, 1910) * "Spoonlight" (with Earle Clinton Jones, 1910) * "Tenderfoot" (with Earle Clinton Jones, 1910) * "Bridal Veil" (waltzes, 1910) * "You're a Classy Lassie" (with Earle Clinton Jones, 1910) * "Love Ain't Likin', Likin' Ain't Love" (with Earle Clinton Jones, 1910) * "Meet Me Half Way" (1910) * "Miss Coquette" (1910) * "Love's Dream of You" (with Earle Clinton Jones, 1910) * "Roses Remind Me of You" (with Earle Clinton Jones, 1910) * "The Road to Loveland" (with Earle Clinton Jones and Charles N. Daniels, 1911) * "I Don't Need the Moonlight to Make Love to You" (with Francis X. Conlan, 1911) * "That Tired Rag" (1911) * "The Harbor of Love" (song, with words by Earle Clinton Jones, 1911) * "Queen of the Roses" (1913) * "Land of Beautiful Dreams" (with Maurice E. Marke, 1913) * "Rose of the World" (with Richard W. Pascoe, 1915) * "Honey When It's Money" (1919)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Blake, Charlotte 1885 births 1979 deaths American women composers American composers Musicians from Ohio Ragtime composers 20th-century American women musicians 20th-century American musicians

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