Emil Ascher (1859-1922)

Overview

Emil Ascher was an American composer and publisher of popular music. In addition to his cakewalks, In Jolly Junktown (1899) and Nicodemus and his Banjo (1899) DBE 220, he composed a large number of pieces for orchestral students, both beginners and advanced, to be performed on various orchestra instruments.

Websites:
	DAHR: Emil Ascher	List of 13 historic recordings from 1905 to 1931.

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	Nicodemus and His Banjo (1899)		J. Pitt-Payne

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


	Garden of Love (1913)	E. Ascher	Peerless Orchestra	Edison: 2289
	My Swedish Rose Waltz (1911)	E. Ascher	Victor Orchestra	Victor: B-10160

Samples

	Title (Release Year)	Performers	Instruments


	Nicodemus and His Banjo (1899)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A/T/T/B/GB(B)
	Nicodemus and His Banjo (1899)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A/T/B

Item	Title	Available	€	£	$	Other



DBE220	Nicodemus and His Banjo (1899) - Rag Time and Cake Walk & Two Step A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 2¾ mins.	1-2 days
DBE220C	Nicodemus and His Banjo (1899) - Rag Time and Cake Walk & Two Step A/T/B, approx. 2¾ mins.	1-2 days

Library

	Title	Instruments	Remarks


	Nicodemus and His Banjo (1899)	A/T/T/B/GB(B)
	Nicodemus and His Banjo (1899)	A/T/B	Pub.

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 15 works by Emil Ascher (1859-1922). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Coon Came Back, The	1899
In Jolly Junktown	1899		Pub.
Lucy Ducy	1899
Nicodemus and His Banjo	1899	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)
Wake Up, Ma Baby!	1899
La Rose	1903		Pub.
Fly Away	1905
Yankee Boys	1906
American Home Songs	1907		Pub.
Children's Games	1907	Celia Greenwald (words)	Pub.
Birds of Love	1911
⇑ My Swedish Rose Waltz	1911	Victor Orchestra (perf.)
Garden of Love	1913	Peerless Orchestra (perf.)
In Dear Old Scotland	1913		Pub.
Our Boys and Girls of California	1916		Pub.