Anita Owen (?-1932)
Last updated: 01.02.24
Anita Owen was an American composer and publisher of popular music believed to have been born in the 1870s. A prolific composer she is said to have written more than 200 works among them an opera and the radio signature song The Girl of Yesterday. In ragtime circles she is remembered for her cakewalk Dance of the Collywobbles (1899). She died in New haven, Connecticut.
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Anita Owen | Biography and list of works by "Perfessor" Bill Edwards |
| Title (Release Year) | Co-Author(s) | Performers | Issue |
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Daisies Won't Tell (1915) | Helen Clark Joseph A. Phillips |
Edison Blue Amberol: 2719 | |
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Daisies Won't Tell (1910) | Manuel Romain | Edison Standard Record: 10399 | |
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Sweet Bunch of Daisies (1909) | Harry Anthony Elizabeth Wheeler |
Edison Gold Moulded Record: 10302 | |
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Sweet Red Roses (1911) | Agnes Noll | Edison Standard Record: 10487 | |
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When the Daisies Bloom (1910) | Inez Barbour | Edison Amberol: 522 |
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Dance of the Collywobbles (1899) | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. | A/T/T/B/GB(B) |
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Fire Fly (1909) | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. | D/A/T/T/B/GB(B) |
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Sans Toi (1917) | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. | T/T/T+B/B/GB(B) |
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Nora Hulse | Cake Walks, Two Steps and Rags by Women Composers | |
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Nora Hulse | Ragtime Refreshments |
| Item | Title | Available | € | £ | $ | Other |
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| DBE750 | Dance of the Collywobbles (1899) - Cake-Walk and Two-Step A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3¾ mins. |
1-2 days |  |
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| DBE751 | Fire Fly (1909) - Intermezzo D/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 2 mins. |
1-2 days | |
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| DBE752 | Sans Toi (1917) - (Without Thee) Waltzes T/T/T+B/B/GB(B), approx. 2½ mins. |
1-2 days | |
| Title | Attribution | Instruments | Source | Remarks |
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Any Place Is Heaven When You're With The Girl You Love (1910) | A. Owen (w&m) | Piano, Voice | IMSLP |  |
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Daisies Won't Tell (1908) | A. Owen (w&m) | Piano, Voice | Greer | Pub. |
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Fire Fly (1909) | A. Owen (music) | Piano | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Honey-Dear (1908) | A. Owen (music) |
Piano | Ragtime Piano Kirk |
Pub. |
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How Can You Forget? (1912) | A. Owen (w&m) Grace Van Studdiford (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Kirk | Pub. |
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I Cannot Bear to Say Goodbye (1918) | A. Owen (w&m) | Piano | Greer | |
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If Daisies Could Tell What They Know (1920) | A. Owen (w&m) | Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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⇑Just a Chain of Daisies (1911) | A. Owen (w&m) | Piano | Ragtime Piano | Pub. |
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Kiss Me Good-Bye (1920) | A. Owen (w&m) | Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Mary, You Must Marry Me (1919) | A. Owen (w&m) | Piano | Greer | Pub. |
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My Memory of You (1920) | A. Owen (w&m) | Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Sometime, Somewhere (1917) | A. Owen (music) | Piano, Voice | Ragtime Piano | Pub. |
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Sweet Bunch of Daisies (1908) | A. Owen (w&m) | Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Tell It to the World (1919) | A. Owen (music) | Piano | IMSLP | |
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Wander With Me to Loveland (1919) | A. Owen (w&m) | Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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⇑When the Daisies Bloom (1909) | A. Owen (w&m) | Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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When the Dew Is on the Rose (1911) | A. Owen (w&m) | Piano, Voice | Kirk | Pub. |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 41 works by Anita Owen (?-1932).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER
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| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Awake Beloved | 1892 | |
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| Forget Me Not | 1893 | Edwin Hunter (words) | |
| Only a Rose Bud | 1896 | Arthur J. Lamb (words) | |
| Only One Daisy Left | 1898 | |
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| Dance of the Collywobbles | 1899 | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) | Pub. |
| Ellen O'Hagan | 1904 | Pub. | |
| Invitation (w&m) | 1906 | |
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| Daisies Won't Tell (w&m) | 1908 | Helen Clark (perf.) Joseph A. Phillips (perf.) Manuel Romain (perf.) |
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| Honey-Dear | 1908 | Pub. | |
| Sweet Bunch of Daisies (w&m) | 1908 | Harry Anthony (perf.) Elizabeth Wheeler (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Exultation | 1909 | ||
| ⇑ Fire Fly | 1909 | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) | Pub. |
| When the Daisies Bloom (w&m) | 1909 | Harry Anthony (perf.) Inez Barbour (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Any Place Is Heaven When You're With The Girl You Love (w&m) | 1910 | Pub. | |
| Sweet Red Roses (w&m) | 1910 | Agnes Noll (perf.) | Pub. |
| Just a Chain of Daisies (w&m) | 1911 | Pub. |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| When the Dew Is on the Rose (w&m) | 1911 | |
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| How Can You Forget? (w&m) | 1912 | Grace Van Studdiford (perf.) | Pub. |
| Only a Bunch of Violets (w&m) | 1912 | Pub. | |
| Daisies Will Tell You So | 1913 | Pub. | |
| I Want Just You (w&m) | 1913 | Pub. | |
| Dreamy Eyes (w&m) | 1915 | |
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| In Japan With Mi-Mo-San (w&m) | 1915 | Pub. | |
| When I Found You | 1915 | Pub. | |
| Sans Toi | 1917 | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) | Pub. |
| Sometime, Somewhere | 1917 | Pub. | |
| I Cannot Bear to Say Goodbye (w&m) | 1918 | |
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| ⇑ Don't Be Sad | 1919 | |
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| Have You Forgot? | 1919 | ||
| Land of Dreams (w&m) | 1919 | Pub. | |
| Land of My Dreams (w&m) | 1919 | Pub. | |
| Mary, You Must Marry Me (w&m) | 1919 | Pub. |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Tell It to the World | 1919 | |
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| Wander With Me to Loveland (w&m) | 1919 | |
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| Alla (w&m) | 1920 | Alla Nazimova (perf.) | Pub. |
| If Daisies Could Tell What They Know (w&m) | 1920 | Pub. | |
| Kiss Me Good-Bye (w&m) | 1920 | Pub. | |
| My Memory of You (w&m) | 1920 | Pub. | |
| Pretty Pansies | ? | ||
| Say That You Forgive Me | ? | ||
| Swinging With Teresa | ? | Harry C. Clyde (words) | |