Alva McGill
Last updated: 10.11.23
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All that can presently (November 2023) be gleaned about Alva McGill from sheet music covers and by Internet searching is that she was presumably an American Broadway actress/singer who has been featured on 2 works published in 1912.
She is also known to have been cast in Princess Flavia 1925), Castles in the Air (1926) and Golden Dawn (1927)-
Her portrait on the left is taken from I'm Going Back to Kentucky Sue (1912) music by Albert von Tilzer, words by Lew Brown and published by The York Music Co., New York, USA.
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     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif I'm Going Back to Kentucky Sue (1912) A. von Tilzer (music)
L. Brown (words)
Alva McGill (perf.)
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This list is arranged by composer and contains 2 works performed by Alva McGill who is featured on sheet music covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located.
     Title Composer Attribution Remarks
         
perf15.jpg At Uncle Tom's Cabin Door (1912) Rubey Cowan Charles A. Bayha (words)
Alva McGill (perf.)
Weston & Keith (perf.)
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perf15.jpg I'm Going Back to Kentucky Sue (1912) Albert von Tilzer Lew Brown (words)
Helen van Buren (perf.)
Flo Cushman (perf.)
Sammy Lee (perf.)
Alva McGill (perf.)
Ruby Norton (perf.)
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