Otto Motzan (1880-1937)
Last updated: 01.02.24
Otto Motzan is believed by some to be a pseudonym used by composer Josie De Guzman. Together with Sigmund Romberg they wrote the music for The Passing Show of 1916. Of ragtime interest is his Extr'ordinary Rag (1915).
| Title (Release Year) | Co-Author(s) | Performers | Issue |
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Yo-Lay-Ee-Oo - Means I Love You) (1922) | Marguerite E. Farrell | Edison Blue Amberol: 4408 | |
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Bright Eyes (1921) | Orlando's Orchestra | Edison Blue Amberol: 4242 | |
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The Crocodile (1921) | H. Akst | Imperial Marimba Band | Edison Blue Amberol: 4186 |
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Marie (1922) | H.W. Santley | Green Brothers Novelty Band | Edison Blue Amberol: 4501 |
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That's Why My Heart Is Calling You (1918) | Vernon Dalhart | Edison Blue Amberol: 3371 | |
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Where Is My Daddy Now Blues (1921) | A. Olman | Aileen Stanley | Edison Blue Amberol: 4204 |
| Title | Co-Author(s) | Sequencer |
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It's a Pipp'n (1917) | James Pitt-Payne |
| Title (Release Year) | Performers | Instruments |
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It's a Pipp'n (1917) | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. | A(T)/T/T/T/B/GB(B) |
| Item | Title | Available | € | £ | $ | Other |
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| DBE536 | It's a Pipp'n (1917) - Novelty Fox Trot A(T)/T/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3½ mins. |
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| Title | Attribution | Instruments | Source | Remarks |
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Cutey (1917) | O. Motzan (music) | Piano | IMSLP |  |
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In China (1919) | O. Motzan (music) A.J. Stasny (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 29 works by Otto Motzan (1880-1937).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| When I Told the Sweetest Girl the Sweetest Story Ever Told | 1912 | Ferd E. Mierisch (words) Charles R. McCarron (words) |
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| I Want to Be Somebody's Baby Girl | 1913 | Schuyler Greene (words) | |
| Marching on to Victory | 1913 | ||
| Take Me to That Tango Tea | 1913 | Leon Finch (perf.) | |
| Down by the Seaside | 1914 | Schuyler Greene (words) | |
| La Cessation | 1914 | Pub. | |
| Extr'ordinary Rag | 1915 |  |
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| Just You | 1915 | ||
| Nobody Home | 1915 | Pub. | |
| Cutey | 1917 | |
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| It's a Pipp'n | 1917 | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) | Pub. |
| ⇑ Do - Ré - Mi | 1918 | |
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| Do-Ré-Mi | 1918 | ||
| That's Why My Heart Is Calling You | 1918 | Vernon Dalhart (perf.) | |
| Coo-Ee | 1918c | Leila Brett (words) | |
| Bells of Bagdad, The | 1919 | ||
| Fee Fi Fo Fum | 1919 | Abe Olman (co-author)
arr. by Wm. Schulz |
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| In China | 1919 | A.J. Stasny (words) | |
| Roses of Arcadie | 1919 | Rachel Storey (words) | |
| So This Is Paris | 1919 | Harry Akst (co-author) Howard E. Rogers (words) |
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| Bright Eyes | 1920 | M.K. Jerome (words) Harry B. Smith (words) Orlando's Orchestra (perf.) |
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| Crocodile, The | 1920 | Harry Akst (co-author) Howard Rogers (words) Imperial Marimba Band (perf.) |
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| Where Is My Daddy Now Blues | 1920 | Abe Olman (co-author) Aileen Stanley (perf.) |
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| ⇑ Mandy 'n' Me | 1921 | Con Conrad (co-author) | |
| Marie | 1921 | Henry W. Santley (co-author) Walter Hirsch (words) Green Brothers Novelty Band (perf.) |
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| Traffic Was Terrific, The | 1921 | as Josie de Guzman |
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| Yo-Lay-Ee-Oo - Means I Love You) | 1922 | M. K. Jerome (words) Tot Seymour (words) Marguerite E. Farrell (perf.) |
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| When You've Learned How to Cry | 1923 | Howard Christy (words) | |
| Pick a Rose in Picardy | 1927 | Sidney Holden (words) | Pub. |