Halsey K. Mohr (1883 – 1942) was an American composer and lyricist.
Biography
Halsey Mohr was born in Canada in 1883 to a Canadian father and a mother from New York. He moved to the United States when he was age 13. In 1906, he married Helen Quarrels and they had two daughters named Edna and Shirley. He died on August 29, 1942, at age 59.
Career
Described as a "songwriter and vaudeville song and dance man" Mohr had a successful career as a composer and sometimes lyricist of usually comic songs in the
vaudeville
Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment born in France at the end of the 19th century. A vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic composition ...
and
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 ...
tradition. Some of his more noted songs were "Piney Ridge", "They're Wearing 'Em Higher In Hawaii", "Liberty Belle", "Jane Dear", and "I'm A Yiddish Cowboy". Going against antiwar sentiment during the early years of
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
, he wrote pro-war patriotic music.
His daughter Edna Mohr also went on to be a composer.
[''The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn'', New York, November 14, 1948, Page 11]
Selected works
* "My Name Is Morgan (But It Ain't J.P.)"
* "At The End Of The Trail"
* "Piney Ridge"
* "They're Wearing 'Em Higher In Hawaii"
* "
Liberty Bell (It's Time to Ring Again)"
* "Jane Dear"
* "I'm A Yiddish Cowboy"
See also
*
Edgar Leslie
Edgar Leslie (December 31, 1885 – January 22, 1976) was an American songwriter.
Biography
Edgar Leslie was born in Stamford, Connecticut, in 1885. He studied at the Cooper Union in New York. He published his first song in 1909, starting a lo ...
, lyricist who often worked with Halsey K. Mohr
References
External links
Halsey K. Mohr (composer) - DiscographyHalsey K. Mohr (lyricist) - Discography*
1883 births
1942 deaths
American composers
American male composers
20th-century American male musicians
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