Otto Motzan (12 April 1880Franceschina 2017
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The Passing Show of 1916 ''The Passing Show of 1916'' is a revue featuring the music of Sigmund Romberg and Otto Motzan, with book and lyrics by Harold R. Atteridge. It included the first George Gershwin songs introduced in a Broadway show. It opened in the Winter Ga ...

. He became a popular composer and eventually published his own works through Joseph W. Stern & Co., as well as becoming a chartered member of the

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) () is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that collectively licenses the public performance rights of its members' musical works to venues, broadca ...

since 1914, the year of its inception. A possible pseudonym of Otto Motzan is ''Josie De Guzman''.

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* {{IMSLP, id=Motzan, Otto 1880 births 1937 deaths American male composers Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to the United States

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