Sheet Music Singer

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This song is on our High Brown Songs website.

After the Ball was composed by Chas. K. Harris in 1892. Born in 1867, he was an important figure in the development of song marketing and sheet music sales. In 1926 he wrote his autobiography which you can read here:

https://archive.org/details/afterballfortyye00harr

Listen to him talk and sing here:

A 1945 book written by Sigmund Spaeth. A Treasury of American Songs — Some Sad, More Merry, Some Sentimental; with a Wealth of Amiable Anecdote, Comment and Fascinating Folk-Lore — a Flavorful Feast of Melodious Music. Foreword by Richard Rodgers.

Check out this interesting book for free here:

https://archive.org/details/reademweep0000sigm/page/n9/mode/2up

Other books by Sigmund Spaeth:
Barber Shop Ballads
Milton’s Knowledge of Music
The Common Sense of Music
Words and Music