Church, Paxson & Co.

Church, Paxson & Company (aka Church-Paxson Co.) was a New York City-based music publishing company founded in 1909 by Clarence Clinton Church and Clement Esmond Paxson.[1][2] In 1919, the company reorganized as C.C. Church & Co. and moved its headquarters to Hartford, where, in 1922, it incorporated.[3] C.C. Church & Co. maintained its New York office at 1367 Broadway.[4]

Company history

In 1910, the incorporators were (i) Clarence Clement Church of Nutley, New Jersey, (ii) William Thomas Pierson of New York City, and (iii) Robert Forsyth Little (1874–1923) of New York City.[1] Although Clement Esmond Paxson was a namesake of Church, Paxson & Co. and was listed as a member of its board in 1910, New York City directories (1909–1919) do not list him among the company's officers. The 1910 directory identifies Clarence C. Church as president from 1910 through 1917, William C. Polla (William Conrad Polla) as secretary, and William T. Pierson as treasurer in 1910.

Clement Esmond Paxson

Paxson's principal career was in electrical engineering. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1902 with a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering. On March 23, 1905, he married a painter, Ethel Gould Easton, in Meriden, Connecticut, at St. Paul's Universalist Church. At the time of his marriage, he was Chief Engineer for the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company (C&P Telephone) of Washington, D.C. William Thomas Pierson, who graduated from George Washington University in 1903 with a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering was Assistant Engineer at C&P Telephone of Washington, D.C. Pierson was best man in Paxson and Easton's wedding. From about 1910 to about 1916, Ethel Paxson composed and wrote lyrics to music published by Church, Paxson and Company, under the pseudonym, Lettie Gould.[5] In 1916, Paxson was in Rio de Janeiro on his assignment as Chief Engineer with Stone & Webster to install lines there. Ethel accompanied Clement Paxson in Rio; and, while there, painted the countryside and seashore and has been chronicled as one of the first American impressionist artists to paint there.

Dissolution

The 1918 Polk Co-Partnership Directory for New York City listed Church, Paxson & Co. as dissolved.

Selected publications

Title Year Composer Lyricist Cover illustration
"Salute the Flag," march and two-step 1902[a] William Thomas Pierson, Jr. (1879–1936) (solo piano) Edward Henry Pfeiffer[6]
"Rippling Waters," caprice 1904[b] William Thomas Pierson (solo piano) Edward Henry Pfeiffer
"The University March," two-step" 1904[c] William Thomas Pierson (solo piano)
"Love's Offering," valse intermezzo 1905[d] C. Paul (solo piano)
"Dream Waltz" 1907[e] W.C. Powell (William Conrad Polla) (solo piano) John Frew
"Love Me Lots and Love Me All the Time" 1909[f] William Thomas Pierson Will A. Boyd
"Someone" 1909[g] Al Piantadosi Jeffrey T. Branen (1872–1927) William Austin Starmer, featuring roses and ornamental framing, photo center inset of Florence Bindley in theatrical costume
"China Clock and a Dresden Cat (Tic-Toc)" 1910 W.C. Powell (William Conrad Polla) Clarence Patrick McDonald Jenkins
"Roses" 1910 James A. MacElwee James A. MacElwee Edward Henry Pfeiffer
"Little Soldier March" 1910[h] W.C. Powell (William Conrad Polla) (solo piano) Charles Arthur Etherington (1880–1960)
"Beautiful Thoughts of Love," novelette ("The piece that contains the world's greatest melody") 1910 Jerome Heller (solo piano)
"Mother Is the Best Sweetheart of All" 1910 Jerome Heller Lettie Gould (pseudonym of Ethel Paxson; 1885–1982)[5]
"Twilight Shadows," a reverie 1910 Jerome Heller (solo piano) William Austin Starmer
"Twinkling Shadows," reverie 1910 Jerome Heller
"My Father Was a Soldier" 1910 Julian Jordan Julian Jordan
"Rose Petals," reverie (tone poem) 1910 William Thomas Pierson (solo piano)
"I'll Return to You My Sweetheart (And the Dear Old Georgia Pines)" 1910 William Thomas Pierson Robert G[arland] Irby (1884–1930), of New Orleans
"The Irresistible Rag" 1910 W.C. Powell (William Conrad Polla) (solo piano) Edward Henry Pfeiffer
"Cry Baby" 1910 Harold J. Norman J. Irving Young (Joe Young) Edward Henry Pfeiffer
"Smiling Eyes" 1910 Minerva W. Fields Joe Young (J. Irving Young) Edward Henry Pfeiffer
"Emogene" 1911 William Thomas Pierson William Thomas Pierson
"Cairo", oriental intermezzo patrol 1911 W.C. Powell (William Conrad Polla) (solo piano) Edward Henry Pfeiffer
"Evening Prayer," reverie 1911 Lettie Gould (solo piano) Cover art by Bouthillier
"Loves Whispering Waltzes" 1911 Lettie Gould (solo piano) B&W portrait photo of a woman on cover
"Give My Love to Mother" 1911 Anna Mullen Lettie Gould Edward Henry Pfeiffer
"Love Waltz" 1911 Jerome Heller (solo piano) John Frew
"The Rosary," poem, in A♭ 1911 Jerome Heller Robert Cameron Rogers
"My Little Girlie Girl" 1911 W.C. Powell (William Conrad Polla) Lettie Gould
"A La Bien Aimee (Love Waltz)," Op. 59 no. 2 1911 Édouard Schütt (solo piano; arr. by J[acob] Frank Leve; 1864–1959)[7]
"Sparkling Stars," caprice 1911 Benjamin Richmond (solo piano)
"Chaminade (Cécile Louise Stéphanie)," Autalia Serenade 1911 Cécile Louise Stéphanie Chaminade (1857–1944) (solo piano)
"The Little Brook" 1911[i] Friedrich Werner (solo piano)
"It Isn't Hard to Love a Girl Like You" 1911 W.C. Powell (William Conrad Polla) Martin [Edward] Swauger (1887–1965)
"You Musical Ragtime Sal"[j] 1911 W.C. Powell (William Conrad Polla) Martin [Edward] Swauger (1887–1965) Edward Henry Pfeiffer
"Barcarolle," from The Tales of Hoffmann 1912 Jacques Offenbach William Conrad (William Conrad Polla), arr.
"Somewhere in Dixie Lives the Girl I Love" 1912 W.C. Powell (William Conrad Polla) Martin [Edward] Swauger (1887–1965) Edward Henry Pfeiffer
"Berceuse," words by Alexander Hamilton, Jr. 1912 Anonymous
"Happy Hearts," morceau élégant (elegant composition) 1912 Ernest Lent (1856–1922) (solo piano, "To Miss Dolores Burns")
"Passing Birds (Oiseaux Passants)" 1912 Ernest Lent (solo piano)
"Scherzino" 1912 Ernest Lent (solo piano)
"The Robin's Departure" 1912 Leander Fisher Revised and arranged by W. Conrad (William Conrad Polla)
"True Blue Sue" 1912 Thurland Chattaway Thurland Chattaway John Frew
"The Greyhound (Lusitania March)"[k] 1912 John Parker (solo piano) Edward Henry Pfeiffer
The Three Graces, Op. 1
  1. "Faith," no. 1
  2. "Hope," no. 2
  3. "Charity," no. 3
 1912 William Conrad Polla
Salon Pieces, Op. 2
  1. "Valse Caprice" no. 1
  2. "Air de Ballet," no. 2
 1912 William Conrad Polla
"Twittering Birds," reverie 1912 John J. Fitzpatrick (solo piano) Walter Menige Dunk (1855–1929)
"Only a Bunch of Violets" 1912 Jerome Heller Lettie Gould
"Bouquet of Roses" 1912 Jerome Heller (solo piano) Edward Henry Pfeiffer
"Summer Dreams Waltz" 1912 William Thomas Pierson (solo piano)
"My Rose in a World of Tears"[l] 1912 Jerome Heller Harry D. Kerr
"Mazurka de Concert" 1912 Arthur Lange
Op. 15: Songs From the Greek (2 of 6 published with Church, Paxson)
  1. "Golden Eyes," no. 2". From Rufinus (fl. c. 3rd or 4th century AD), translated in 1894 by Andrew Lang (1844–1912)
  2. "Of the Need of Drinking," no. 5." From Ode 19, "Reasons for Drinking," by Anacreon (c. 573 – c. 495 BC), translated 1830 by Thomas Bourne (1806–1881)
 1912 Eleanor Everest Freer[8]
Op. 17, "She's Somewhere in the Sunlight Strong," no. 1 1912 Eleanor Everest Freer[8] Richard Le Gallienne (1866–1947)
Op. 18, "Fate's Decree," no. 3
  1. "Fate's Decree," no. 3. Thomas Moore (1779–1952)
  2. "Nay! But You Who Do Not Love Her," no. 4. Robert Browning (1812–1889)
 1912 Eleanor Everest Freer[8]
Op. 24, "Old Love Song," no. 1 1912 Eleanor Everest Freer[8] William Gerard Chapman (1877–1945)
Op. 25, "A Devout Lover," no. 3 1912 Eleanor Everest Freer[8] Thomas Randolph (1605–1635)
"The Fawn" 1912[m] William Schiller (solo piano) Edward Henry Pfeiffer
Kerr–Polla Songs (Poems), Op. 4
  1. "I Looked Into Thine Eyes," no. 1
  2. "Slumber in Thy Little Nest," no. 2
  3. "When You Are Near," no. 3
  4. "Could I But Read Your Heart," no. 4
  5. "The Shepherd's Call," no. 5
  6. "Love's Secret," no. 6
  7. "Shadows of Evening," no. 7
 1912 William Conrad Polla (1876–1939) Harry D. Kerr
Holiday Series:
  1. "May Day Frolics," no. 1
  2. "Hallowe'en Revels," no. 2
  3. "New Year's Greeting," no. 3
  4. "Chimes on Christmas Morning," no. 4
  5. "St. Patrick's Day Pranks," no. 5
  6. "Easter Thoughts," no. 6
  7. "Children's Day," no. 7
 1912 William Conrad (William Conrad Polla)
"Love's Sweet Dream." Op. 111 1912 Louis Albert Drumheller (1854–1936) (solo piano) Edward Henry Pfeiffer
"Offenbach (Jacques)," from Tales of Hoffman 1912 William Conrad (William Conrad Polla)
"Iris," redowa three-step 1912 Mabel R. Kaufman Mabel R. Kaufman
"Gavotte Petite" 1912 William Conrad (William Conrad Polla) (solo piano)
Mammy Songs
  1. "Kitty Cat"
  2. "Busted Dolly"
  3. "Go to Sleep, My Little Black Baby"
 1913 Josephine Merwin Cook Josephine Merwin Cook
"Laughing Eyes" 1913 W.C. Powell (William Conrad Polla) W.C. Powell (William Conrad Polla) Edward Henry Pfeiffer
"Kiss Me Pretty" 1913 W.C. Powell (William Conrad Polla)
"Reflections," meditation 1913 Jerome Heller
"Twinkling Stars" 1913 Jerome Heller (solo piano)
"Normandy Chimes" 1913 W.C. Powell (William Conrad Polla) (solo piano) Edward Henry Pfeiffer
"Rose Waltz" 1913 W.C. Williams (William Conrad Polla) (solo piano) Walter Menige Dunk
"I Love Thee" 1913 Horace Kirkus Dugdale[n] Donald M. McLeran
"Go To Sleep, My Baby," song,," song, from the 7th piece (of 8) of Dvořák's Humoresque, Op. 101[o] 1914 Jerome Heller Lettie Gould
"Would You Take a Chance With Me" 1914 W.C. Powell (William Conrad Polla) William Denight Cobb (1876–1930) Edward Henry Pfeiffer
"Florentine Waltzes", Il ballo mascherato [The Masked Ball] 1914 Martha Unger (1889–1951)[p] Edward Henry Pfeiffer
Moving Picture Operetta, Op. 12
  1. "Ol' Mammy Coon," southern dialect song. no. 2[q]
 1914 J[ohn] Lawrence Erb (1877–1950) Pauline Frances Camp (née Pauline Frances Bishop; 1863–1939)
Overture Potpourri, A Moving Picture Operetta Dedicated to the Pianists of the Movies and the Public That Plays the Piano Which This Music Will Interest
  1. "March–opening–chaser", two-step
  2. "Waltz, Ballroom Scene"
  3. "Hurry–Struggle"
  4. "Processional March"
  5. "Love Scene"
  6. "Western Music", cowboy music, intermezzo, two-step
  7. "Chinese"
  8. "Japanese"
  9. "Wedding"
  10. "Chimes"
  11. "Sad Scene"
  12. "Funeral March"
  13. "Convent Garden, Religious Scene"
  14. "Mysterioso, Creeps"
  15. "Minuet, Colonial Scenes
  16. "Indian Music"
  17. "Water Scene, Sailing Scene"
  18. "Desert Scene, Waltz"
  19. "Hurry", "Villain", "Fire"
  20. "Tango"
 1914 W.C. Powell (William Conrad Polla) (solo piano)
"Dengozo," maxixe tango by Ernesto Nazareth 1914 William Conrad (William Conrad Polla), arr. Edward Henry Pfeiffer
"Hesitation Con Amore" [Hesitation With Love], hesitation waltz 1914 W.C. Powell (William Conrad Polla) (solo piano) Myron "Grim" Natwick (1890–1990)
"Romance," reverie 1914 Sol ("Sally") Ohnhaus (1875–1950) (solo piano)
"Valse Decembré (Valse Boston)" 1914 Walter Rolfe (1880–1944) (solo piano) Edward Henry Pfeiffer
"Country Club", fox trot 1914 William Thomas Pierson (solo piano) Edward Henry Pfeiffer
"You Made My Dreams Come True" 1914 W.C. Powell (William Conrad Polla) Grace Newell
"Chimes of Westminster," reverie for piano, with imitation church chimes 1915[r] Harold [Brown] Freeman (1892–1924) (solo piano) Edward Henry Pfeiffer
"My Rose Marie"[s] 1915[t] James A. MacElwee James A. MacElwee Cover image: © by The Knapp Co. Inc., New York[11]
"The Songs of Ages (Down the Lane of Life)" 1915 Jerome Heller Jerome Heller
"Love Knots" 1915 W.C. Powell (William Conrad Polla) Lettie Gould
"Vision," waltz 1915 Jules Holfman (solo piano) Edward Henry Pfeiffer
"When a Lovable Girl Loves You" 1915 W.C. Powell (William Conrad Polla) Martin [Edward] Swauger (1887–1965)
"Joy of Youth," tarantelle 1915 Hans Engelmann (solo piano; fingered and annotated by J. Frank Leve)
"Melody of Spring," reverie 1915 Hans Engelmann (solo piano; fingered and annotated by J. Frank Leve)
"In Crocus Time (Blumenlied)" Op. 43 1915 Ruth Vincent[u] (solo piano; fingered and annotated by J. Frank Leve)
"Moonbeams," romance. Op. 45 1915 Ruth Vincent (solo piano) (solo piano; fingered and annotated by J. Frank Leve)
"My Garden of Memories" 1915 Philip Schwartz (1889–1964) W.L. "Billy" Beardsley
"Hymns My Dear Old Mother Sang to Me" 1915 Philip Schwartz W.L. "Billy" Beardsley
"Irresistible Rag" 1915 Horace Kirkus Dugdale Donald M. McLeran
"Love's Victory Waltz" 1915 R.C. Harwood (solo piano)
"At Evening," Nocturne, Op. 312 1915 Alberto Himan (solo piano)
"I'll Mend the Heart I Have Broken (Because I Love You Dear)" 1915 Milton Sherman Milton Sherman
"You Are the Rose of My Heart" 1915 W.C. Powell (William Conrad Polla) Ralph Livingston
"By the Sea," reverie 1915 Leander Fisher (1850–1918)[12] (solo piano) William Austin Starmer
"No Town Is Like Your Home Town" 1915 Philip Leo Ponce (1886–1945) Philip Leo Ponce (1886–1945)
"Dear Little Girl" 1915 Mabel R. Kaufman
"Valse Estelle" 1915 E. Goldston (Roy E. Nolte; 1896–1979)
"Down Deep in a Submarine," song for baritone voice 1915 Harry D. Kerr Harry D. Kerr
"Sweet Irish Rose (From Dear Old Killarney)" 1915 Thurland Chattaway Thurland Chattaway André De Takacs
"Battle in the Sky," sectional, marche militaire 1915 J. Luxton (solo piano) Edward Henry Pfeiffer
"Goose Step," novelty one-step 1915 Eugene Platzmann (1876–1949) William Austin Starmer
"Love's Pleading" 1916 William Thomas Pierson (solo piano)
"Goose Step," novelty one-step 1916 Eugene Platzmann Arr. for orchestra and piano by George Frederick Briegel
"You'll Be the Queen in My Kingdom of Love" 1916 Eugene Platzmann Harry Delf
"Cuori che si amano (Sweetheart's Melody)" 1916 P[ietro] (Peter) Ballatore (1888–1969) (solo piano)
"Danza (Dance)" 1916 P[ietro] (Peter) Ballatore (1888–1969) (solo piano)
"Minita," three-step" 1916 Eugene Platzmann (solo piano) Edward Henry Pfeiffer
"Down by the Babbling Brook" 1916 Milton Sherman Milton Sherman Edward Henry Pfeiffer
"Valse Coquette" 1916 W.C. Powell (William Conrad Polla) (solo piano)
"Open Thy Gates to Me" 1916 Henry Banachowski de Packh (1878–1955) Robert G[arland] Irby (1884–1930), of New Orleans
"International Fox Trot" 1916[v] Eugene Platzmann (solo piano)
"Wiosna (Springtime)," polka[13] 1916 Cyrus S[tevens] Mallard (1888–1972) (solo piano)
"Go Ask the Rose" 1916 Frederick [John] Seymour (1886–1971)[14] Frederick [John] Seymour
"Sweetheart Song" 1916 Jerome Heller Lettie Gould
"I Can't Forget" 1916 Thurland Chattaway Thurland Chattaway
"The Battle of the Marne," descriptive march fantasia, Op. 2 1916 J. Luxton (solo piano) Albert Wilfred Barbelle (1887–1957)
"A Dutch Lullaby" 1917 E.S. Phelps (solo piano; edited and fingered by J. Frank Leve)
"Spring Blossoms," Op. 46 1917 Ruth Vincent (solo piano; edited and fingered by J. Frank Leve)
"An Old Garden," tone poem 1917 Anice Terhune (1873–1964) (solo piano; edited, fingered, and annotated by J. Frank Leve) Cover image: © by The Knapp Co. Inc., New York
Cover illustration by Walter Lorenzo Greene
"Neptune Ponders," Op. 48 1917 Ruth Vincent (solo piano; edited and fingered by J. Frank Leve)
"Gypsy Rose" 1917 Elmer Olson Elmer Olson
"Ysmita, Japanese Serenade" 1917[w] Hans Engelmann (solo piano)
"Valse Jeanette"[x] 1917 Lillian Jacobson (solo piano)
"Columbian Patrol" 1917 Edmond S. Phelps (solo piano)
"There's a Sweet Little Girl (And She's Waiting for Me)" 1917 Raymond Alexander Browne (1871–1922) Paul Wilson Walter Menige Dunk
"Do You Really Care?" 1917 Orlando Powell Orlando Powell
"Mood Pensive" 1917 Walter Rolfe (solo piano) Cover image: © by The Knapp Co. Inc., New York
"For Freedom and Humanity" 1917 Henry Haaf Peter McAvoy
"Somewhere" 1918 Henry L. Willard Henry L. Willard Walter Menige Dunk (1855–1929)
"Uncle Sam We'll All Be There" 1918 Edward M. Ingraham Edward A[ndrus] Terhune, Jr. (1895–1976) R.C. Daly
"Don't Forget to Write, My Dear" 1918[y] Elgin Mason Elgin Mason Edward Henry Pfeiffer

Selected audio

  • Word Roll: "Columbian Patrol" (QRS roll #33276). Edmond S. Phelps, composer. QRS Music Technologies – Church-Paxson Co. 1918.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) (Special Collection M1646.P44 C65 1917 PAM)

Bibliography

Annotations

  1. ↑ "Salute the Flag": © 1902 by The Pierson and Bogley Publishing Co. Transferred 1908 to The Columbia Music Pub. Co., Inc., Washington, D.C. (see Sophocles Papas). Transferred 1910 to Church, Paxson & Co.
  2. ↑ "Rippling Waters": © Will T. Pierson, Jr. & Co., Washington, D.C. Transferred 1908 to Columbia Music Pub. Co., Washington, D.C.
  3. ↑ "University March and Two Step": © Will T. Pierson & Co. © transferred 1908 to Columbia Music Pub. Co., Washington, D.C. © transferred in 1910 to Church, Paxson & Co.
  4. ↑ "Love's Offering": © 1905 by Paul Cohn. Transferred 1912 to Church, Paxson & Co.
  5. ↑ "Dream Waltz": © 1907 by P.J. Howley, Inc. Leased in 1910 to Church, Paxson & Co.
  6. ↑ "Love Me Lots and Love Me All the Time": © 1909 by The Columbia Music Co., Inc.
  7. ↑ "Someone": © 1905 by Will Rossiter. © Transferred to Church, Paxson & Co. around 1915.
  8. ↑ "Little Soldier March": © 1910 by Church, Paxson & Co. © transferred 1918 to C.C. Church & Co., Hartford. © assigned 1930 to Belwin, Inc.
  9. ↑ "The Little Brook": © 1911 by Church, Paxson & Co. © Transferred in 1918 to C. C. Church & Co.
  10. ↑ "You Musical Ragtime Sal": "Sal (Sally) McAnna played a grand piano in a nickel show every night".
  11. ↑ The Lusitania was popularly known as the "Greyhound of the Seas."
  12. ↑ "My Rose in a World of Tears": "Respectfully dedicated to Mme Buckhout" (aka Jennie Buckhout; married to Edward Weeks Buckhout; née Jennie Hall; 1866–1925). Mme Buckhout was a vocalist.
  13. ↑ "The Fawn": © transferred in 1918 to C.C. Church & Co.
  14. ↑ Horace Kirkus Dugdale (1890–1980) was a Washington, D.C., music publisher who operated one of the leading early twentieth-century "song-poem" publishing businesses. His company solicited songs and poems from aspiring writers, offering to arrange, publish, and promote their work for a fee. Dugdale and other prominent song-poem publishers were prosecuted for mail fraud in 1913, and the H. Kirkus Dugdale Company filed for bankruptcy in 1915.[9]
  15. ↑ "Go To Sleep My Baby": Heller's adaptation – with a vocal range of D4–F5 – is in E♭ major, a minor third below the G♭ major of Dvořák's original. Vocal range:
    \relative c' { \clef treble \key ees \major \omit Staff.TimeSignature d2 \glissando f' }
  16. ↑ Martha Unger married Samuel Bronstein November 2, 1924, in Manhattan.
  17. ↑ "Ol' Mammy Coon" was a poem by Camp, originally published March 14, 1903 by the Boston Evening Transcript. The poem's central joke is a running racial double entendre. It uses "coon" for (i) raccoon and (ii) a racial slur. On the surface, it depicts a mother raccoon looking for her stray cub. Beneath the literal narrative, the mother racoon might mistake the Black child addressed by the narrator for her cub: "How she tell de diff'ence 'tween yo'". The stereotyped African-American dialect and mammy caricature make the racial meaning an overt trope rather than merely incidental.[10]
    See Mammy stereotype and Stereotypes of African Americans
  18. ↑ "Chimes of Westminster": © 1915 by Harold Freeman Company, Providence, Rhode Island; © 1916 by Church, Paxson & Co. © transferred 1918 to Church, Paxson & Co. © Assigned 1930 to Belwin, Inc..
  19. ↑ "My Rose Marie": Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "MacElwee, James A.". Retrieved August 12, 2026.
  20. ↑ "My Rose Marie": © 1908 by the Columbia Music Pub. Co., Inc., Washington, D.C. © Transferred 1910 to Church, Paxson & Co., N.Y., U.S.A. © Transferred in 1918 to C.C. Church & Co., Hartford.
  21. ↑ Ruth Vincent was the pseudonym of Claudia Jenkins (née Claudia Henderson Pritchard; 1860–1937), widow of Col. Aaron Dallas Jenkins (1847–1910), and mother of Burke Prichard Jenkins (1879–1948), a magazine fiction writer and story writer of about 10 silent films from 1920 to 1927. Under Claudia's pseudonym, she also published music (between 1912 and 1918) with Evans Music Company and B.F. Wood Music Co., both of Boston.
  22. ↑ "International Fox Trot": "Used by arrangement with Oliver Ditson Company, owners of the copyright
  23. ↑ "Ysmita": © 1917 by Church, Paxson & Co. © Assigned 1930 to Belwin, Inc..
  24. ↑ "Valse Jeanette": Solo piano piece is featured on mechanical music and Wurlitzer rolls – WMPO (Wurlitzer Mandolin PianOrchestra) – 863.
  25. ↑ "Don't Forget to Write My Dear": © transferred in 1918 to Elgin Mason, New York

Notes

References

    1. Camp, Pauline Frances (née Pauline Frances Bishop; 1863–1939) [at Wikidata] (March 14, 1903). "Literature" – "Ol' Mammy Coon" (Written for The Transcript). Vol. 74 (Last ed.). p. 20 (column 2).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  • Catalogue of Copyright Entries. "Third Series" "Renewal Registrations – Music". Vol. 5, Part 5C, No. 1. January–June 1951.
    1. "A Little Dance". © 13 March 1923, E558960; Renewed 12 March 1951, R75931, by [Claudia] Jenkins (author). p. 40.
      1. Via Internet Archive (Michigan). Free access icon
      2. Via Wikimedia Commons (Library of Congress). Free access icon
    2. "The Little Lead Soldiers". © 13 March 1923, E558961; Renewed 12 March 1951, R75932, by [Claudia] Jenkins (author). p. 40.
      1. Via Internet Archive (Michigan). Free access icon
      2. Via Wikimedia Commons (Library of Congress). Free access icon
  • Edwards, Bill (né William G. Motley; born 1959). "Edward H. Pfeiffer". Website administrator: Bill Edwards.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: publisher location (link) CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
  • General Alumni Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania. University of Pennsylvania. General Alumni Society. 1917. p. 202.
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  • Music Trades (August 3, 1919). "Church, Paxson & Co. Reorganize". Vol. 56, no. 5. p. 35.
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  • Music Trade Review (April 15, 1922). "Church & Co. Incorporates". Vol. 74, no. 15. p. 52.
    1. Pdf via International Arcade Museum Library.
The incorporators were Clarence C. Church and Martin Victor Chameroy (1872–1929), of Hartford, and Julius C. Weiss (1874–1964), of New York.
  1. "J. Frank Leve". Vol. 108, whole no. 37014. May 28, 1959. p. 19 (column 5, middle). Retrieved August 26, 2026.
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    2. TimesMachine Paid subscription required → Pdf (PDF); Permalink.
    1. "Business Notes" (re: Church, Paxson & Co). Vol. 77, no. 5 (whole no. 1983). January 29, 1910. p. 181.
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Church, Paxson & Co. have been incorporated to publish musical literature and books; capital stock, $10,000. The incorporators are Clarence C. Church, Nutley, New Jersey; William T. Pierson and Robert F. Little, both of New York.
    1. Volumes 25–28: "Paxson, Ethel  1885". 1971. p. 562.
      1. Via Internet Archive (Lourds High School → De La Salle School → acquired via Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title II, Chicago Board of Education).
  • San Diego Sun (The) (January 19, 1918). "Musical Composer Called By Death" (re: Leander Fisher). Vol. 37, whole no. 11327. p. 6 (column 7, top).
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  • Van Tassel, Charles Sumner (1858–1942), ed. (1929). Story of the Maumee Valley, Toledo, and the Sandusky Region (4 Vols). Also Special Articles by Able Writers, and Individual Histories of Northwestern Ohio Counties by Well Known Authorities. Chicago: The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. Re-print → Salem, Massachusetts: Higginson Book Company.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: editors list (link) LCCN 30-13810; OCLC 343849 (all editions).
    1. Vol. 3: "Frederick Seymour". pp. 454–458.
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