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Joseph W. Stern & Co. was a music publisher in New York City. The 
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Library of Congress
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has dozens of their songsheets including numerous coon song
Coon songs were a genre of music that presented a stereotype of black people. They were popular in the United States and Australia from around 1880 to 1920, though the earliest such songs date from minstrel shows as far back as 1848, when they we ...
s in its collection.
History
Joseph W. Stern (January 11, 1870 - March 31, 1934) was a self taught pianist and traveling salesman. He partnered with fellow travelling salesman Edward B. Marks to found the music publishing company in 1894. They promoted their music with performances accompanied by coloredlantern slide
The magic lantern, also known by its Latin name , is an early type of image projector that used pictures—paintings, prints, or photographs—on transparent plates (usually made of glass), one or more lenses, and a light source. Because a sin ...
s."The Little Lost Child
"The Little Lost Child" is a popular song of 1894 by Edward B. Marks and Joseph W. Stern which sold more than two million copies of its sheet music following its promotion as the first ever illustrated song, an early precursor to the music vid ...
" was the first song they published and became a huge hit.
Stern retired in 1920 and the firm became Edward B. Marks Music Company. Its publishings include hits such as " Strange Fruit" by Abel Meeropol (made famous by Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday had an innovative influence on jazz music and pop si ...
) in 1939. The company has been a subsidiary of Carlin America
Carlin America is an American music publisher with a catalog of over 100,000 titles. The company, created under its current name in 1995 by its founder Freddy Bienstock, is headquartered on East 38th Street in Manhattan. Bienstock died on Septemb ...
since 1980.David A. (2003). Tin Pan Alley encyclopedia of the golden age of American song. Routledge. pp. 270–1/475. ISBN 0-415-93877-5.
Publishings
*"The Little Lost Child
"The Little Lost Child" is a popular song of 1894 by Edward B. Marks and Joseph W. Stern which sold more than two million copies of its sheet music following its promotion as the first ever illustrated song, an early precursor to the music vid ...
"
*Music and songs from the 1902 Broadway show '' Sally in Our Alley''
*"Eli Green's Cakewalk"
*"Don't Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve"
*"Games We Used to Play"
Gallery
See also
*Tin Pan Alley
Tin Pan Alley was a collection of music publishers and songwriters in New York City that dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It originally referred to a specific place: West 28th Street ...
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