Silvio Hein (1879-1928)

Overview

Very little is known about Silvio Hein other than he was an American composer of popular music who was born and died in New York. Probably his best known and most popular work was He's A Cousin Of Mine (1906). Of ragtime interest are his Midnight Whirl Rag (1913) and Saronoff Rag (1913).

Cylinders

	Title (Release Year)	Co-Author(s)	Performers	Issue


There's Music in the Air (1901-1909)	Harry Tally	Columbia Phonograph Co.: 32257
Arab Love Song (1909)	Ada Jones	Edison Standard Record: 10078
Eva (1903)	John W. Myers	Columbia Phonograph Co.: 32056
Eyes Have a Language of Their Own (1917)	I. Kaufman	Edison Blue Amberol: 3072
Hottentot Love Song (1906)	Ada Jones	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9418
I Love the Last One Best of All (1907)	F.C. Stanley	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9452
The Santley Tango (1914)	National Promenade Band	Edison Blue Amberol: 2231
That's the Doctor, Bill! (1910)	Billy Murray	Edison Amberol: 360
When Dreams Come True (1913)	Thomas Chalmers	Edison Blue Amberol: 2068
When You're All Dressed Up and No Place to Go (1914)	Billy Murray	Edison Blue Amberol: 2256
When You're All Dressed Up and No Place to Go (1914)	Arthur Hawley	Indestructible Record: 3347

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	Arab Love Song		James Pitt-Payne
	Don't Be What You Ain't (1905)		Unknown
	Down at the Follies Bergere (1908)		James Pitt-Payne
	Girls! Girls! Girls! (1908)		James Pitt-Payne
	Saronoff Rag (1913)		James Pitt-Payne
	Some Little Bug Is Going to Find You (1915)		Unknown

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


	That's the Doctor, Bill! (1909)	S. Hein	E. Morton	Victor: C-8016

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Folk Music CDs:
Various Performers	The High Priestess of Jollity & The Southern Singer
Ragtime Music CDs:
Tom Brier	Rewind	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)

Monologues

This list is derived from information provided by Monologues.co.uk which went down sometime in 2023.
The loss of this valuable resource is very sad and a mystery.

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	Germs	Silvio Hein (music) Benjamin Hapgood Burt (words) RoyAtwell (words) Alfred Lester (perf.)

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Arab Love Song (1908)	S. Hein (music) George V. Hobart (words) M. Cahill (perf.) M. Cahill (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Sheet Music Singer
Bubbles	S. Hein (w&m) Florence Walton (perf.) Maurice Walton (perf.)		Indiana
Don't Be What You Ain't (1905)	S. Hein (music) George V. Hobar (words) Edwin Milton Royle (words) M. Cahill (perf.) M. Cahill (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Sheet Music Singer
Down at the Follies Bergere (1908)	S. Hein (music) Geo. V. Hobart (words) M. Cahill (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Gee! But You Look Awfully Good to Me (1908)	S. Hein (music) Will D. Cobb (words) M. Cahill (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Girls! Girls! Girls!	S. Hein (music) George Vere Hobart (words) M. Cahill (perf.)		Indiana	Pub.
Girls! Girls! Girls! (1908)	S. Hein (music) Geo. V. Hobart (words) M. Cahill (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
⇑Hottentot Love Song (1906)	S. Hein (music) Benjamin Hapgood Burt (words) M. Cahill (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Mermaid of the Nile (1903)	S. Hein (music)	Piano, Orchestra	IMSLP
Midnight Whirl Rag (1913)	S. Hein (music)	Piano, Orchestra	IMSLP
Pawnee	S. Hein (w&m)		Indiana YorkSpace	Pub.
Pawnee - Song	S. Hein (music) James O'Dea (words) Dorothy Kent (perf.)		Indiana	Pub.
Road to Home Sweet Home (1914), The	S. Hein (music) George V. Hobart (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Some Little Bug Is Going to Find You (1915)	S. Hein (music) Benj. Hapgood Burt (words) Roy Atwell (words) Roy Atwell (perf.) Roy Atwell (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
That's the Doctor, Bill!	S. Hein (music) H. Creamer (words) M. Cahill (perf.)		Indiana	Pub.
⇑Toddle All Over Town (1915)	S. Hein (music) H.B. Smith (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Twas in September (1903)	S. Hein (music) Benjamin Hapgood Burt (words) Raymond Hitchcock (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 101 works by Silvio Hein (1879-1928). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

(w&m)

1901-1906

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


There's Music in the Air	1901	Andrew B. Sterling (words) Harry Tally (perf.)
Black Pearls	1902
I Want to Be a Drummer in the Band	1902	Arthur Dunn (perf.)
If Yankee Doodle Hadn't Come to Town	1902	Jerome Sykes (perf.)
Eva	1903	Matthew C. Woodward (words) John W. Myers (perf.)
I Could Be Happy With Either One	1903	Will W. Heelan (words) Marie Cahill (perf.)	Pub.
Mermaid of the Nile	1903
Don't Be What You Ain't	1905	George V. Hobar (words) Edwin Milton Royle (words) Marie Cahill (perf.) from "Moonshine"
Foolish	1905	George V. Hobart (words) Marie Cahill (perf.)
I'm A' Looking For My Ten	1905	George V Hobart (words) Marie Cahill (perf.)	Pub.
In My Submarine	1905	Marie Cahill (perf.)
⇑ Mr. Bonaparte	1905	Marie Cahill (perf.)
Coo! Coo!	1906	Marie Cahill (perf.)
Gwendolyn	1906	Marie Cahill (perf.)
He's a Cousin of Mine	1906	Chris Smith (co-author) Cecil Mack (words) Marie Cahill (perf.)
Hottentot Love Song	1906	Benjamin Hapgood Burt (words) Marie Cahill (perf.) Ada Jones (perf.) from "Marrying Mary"	Pub.
I Love the Last One Best of All	1906	Marie Cahill (perf.) Frank C. Stanley (perf.)
I'm Looking For a Man by the Name of Smith	1906	Marie Cahill (perf.)
Little One, Good-Bye	1906	E.P. Moran (words)
Marie Cahill's Hottentot Love Song	1906	Benj. Hapgood Burt (words) Marie Cahill (perf.)	Pub.
Mister Cupid	1906	Marie Cahill (perf.)
Moon-Shine	1906	Edward Montagu (words) George V. Hobart (words) May Irwin (perf.)	Pub.
Noah	1906	Marie Cahill (perf.)
⇑ Nobody Knows the Answer	1906	Marie Cahill (perf.)
Old Reliable Jokes	1906	Marie Cahill (perf.)

1906-1910

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Pawnee	1906
Pawnee - Song	1906	James O'Dea (words) Dorothy Kent (perf.)	Pub.
Three Men in a Boat	1906	Marie Cahill (perf.)
On the Bench 'neath the Old Willow Tree	1907	Arthur Longbrake (words)
Arab Love Song	1908	George V. Hobart (words) Marie Cahill (perf.) Ada Jones (perf.)
At Half Past -11	1908	George V. Hobart (words) Blanche Ring (perf.)	Pub.
Down at the Follies Bergere	1908	Marie Cahill (perf.)	Pub.
Gee! But You Look Awfully Good to Me	1908	Will D. Cobb (words) Marie Cahill (perf.)	Pub.
Girls! Girls! Girls!	1908	George Vere Hobart (words) Marie Cahill (perf.)	Pub.
I Love to Go Shopping	1908	Marie Cahill (perf.)
Marie Cahill's Arab Love Song (w&m)	1908	George V Hobart (words) Marie Cahill (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ All Alone	1909	Blanche Ring (perf.)
I Will Always Love You Dear	1909	Seymour Brown (words)	Pub.
I'm Looking For a Husband	1909	De Wolf Hopper (perf.)
In 1999	1909	Blanche Ring (perf.)
Little Lady in the Moon (w&m)	1909	Seymour Brown (words) De Wolf Hopper (perf.)	Pub.
Louisiana Lizabeth	1909	George V. Hobart (words)
Maid of Sevilla	1909	Blanche Ring (perf.)
Nonsense	1909	De Wolf Hopper (perf.)
One and One Make Two	1909	De Wolf Hopper (perf.)
That Dancing Big Banshee	1909	De Wolf Hopper (perf.)
That's the Doctor, Bill!	1909	Henry Creamer (words) Marie Cahill (perf.) Ed Morton (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.)	Pub.
Yankee Girl, The	1909	Blanche Ring (perf.)
⇑ Good Mo'nin' Judge	1910	Marie Cahill (perf.)
Honeymoon	1910	Marie Cahill (perf.)

1910-1914

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


My Dream, Dream Man	1910
My Lotus Flower	1910	Marie Cahill (perf.)
My Soldier Boy	1910	Marie Cahill (perf.)
My Toreador	1910	Marie Cahill (perf.)
She's the Only Girl That I Could Ever See	1910	De Wolf Hopper (perf.)
Turkish Love Song	1910	Marie Cahill (perf.)
There's Something About You, Dear, That Appeals to Me	1911
When Eyes Like Yours Looked Into Eyes Like Mine	1911	Robert B. Smith (words)
When His Eyes Looked Into Mine	1911
When Orient Roses Bloom	1911
Maurice Tango, The	1912	Maurice & D'Harville (perf.)
⇑ Tango del Maurice, The	1912	Maurice Mouvet (perf.) Florence Walton (perf.)	Pub.
Basque, The	1913
Castleberg's Anniversary	1913
I'm Certainly Happy	1913
Midnight Whirl Rag	1913		Pub.
Santley Tango, The	1913	National Promenade Band (perf.)	Pub.
Saronoff Rag	1913		Pub.
Twas in September	1913	Benjamin Hapgood Burt (words) Raymond Hitchcock (perf.)	Pub.
When Dreams Come True	1913	Philip Bartholomae (words) Thomas Chalmers (perf.)	Pub.
When You're All Dressed Up and No Place to Go	1913	Benjamin H. Burt (words) Arthur Hawley (perf.) Raymond Hitchcock (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.)	Pub.
American Girl, The	1914
Road to Home Sweet Home, The	1914	George V. Hobart (words)	Pub.
⇑ Send Me My Love	1914
Shadows	1914

1914-1919

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Sweet Kitty McKay	1914	Julie Helene Percival (words)
Don't Tempt Me	1915
Germs	1915	Benjamin Hapgood Burt (words) RoyAtwell (words) Alfred Lester (perf.)
I Can't Forget Your Eyes	1915	Harry Bache Smith (words)	Pub.
I Love My Movie Picture Man	1915
I'll Do What the Rest Do	1915
I'm Here Again	1915
It's an Awful Thing to Not Know Where You Are	1915
It's an Awful Thing to Not Know Where You Are	1915
Some Little Bug Is Going to Find You	1915	Benj. Hapgood Burt (words) Roy Atwell (words) Roy Atwell (perf.)	Pub.
Toddle All Over Town	1915	H.B. Smith (words)	Pub.
⇑ Eyes Have a Language of Their Own	1916	Benjamin Hapgood Burt (words) Irving Kaufman (perf.)	Pub.
Nellyfants	1916	Harry A. Melvin (words)	Pub.
Always Take Mother's Advice	1917	Richard Carle (perf.)
Bubbles	1917	Florence Walton (perf.) Maurice Walton (perf.) Danced by Maurice Walton and Florence Walton;
Does Polly Want Wally	1917
Good-Bye Happy Days	1917	Edward Paulton (words)	Pub.
I Don't Know What You See in Me	1917
Selection From Furs and Frills	1917
There's One Little Girl	1917
Small Town Girl, The	1918	George Stoddard (words)	Pub.
You're the Only One For Me	1918
East Is West	1919		Pub.
⇑ I'll Make Bubbles	1919	Edward A Paulton (words)	Pub.
Love	1919	Cleo Mayfield (perf.)

1920

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


I Miss a Place Called Home	1920	Frank Craven (words)

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


S. Hein	The Basque (2:41)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
S. Hein	Bubbles (3:46)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
S. Hein	Germs (3:50)	Alfred Lester