Anita Owen (?-1932)
Last updated: 01.07.26
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.
The portrait on the left is taken from her Airy Mary (1908) published by Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York & Detroit, USA.
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Anita Owen | Biography and list of works by "Perfessor" Bill Edwards | |
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DAHR: Anita Owen | List of 25 historic recordings from 1910 to 1949. |
| Title (Release Year) | Composer | Performers | Issue |
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Daisies Won't Tell (1915) | A. Owen | Helen Clark Joseph Anthony Phillips |
Edison Blue Amberol: 2719 |
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Daisies Won't Tell (1910) | A. Owen | Manuel Romain | Edison Standard Record: 10399 |
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Sweet Bunch of Daisies (1909) | A. Owen | Elizabeth Wheeler John Young as Harry Anthony |
Edison Gold Moulded Record: 10302 |
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Sweet Red Roses (1911) | A. Owen | Agnes Noll | Edison Standard Record: 10487 |
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When the Daisies Bloom (1910) | A. Owen | Inez Barbour John Young as Harry Anthony |
Edison Amberol: 522 |
| Title (Release Year) | Composer | Performers | Issue |
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Daisies Won't Tell (1915) | A. Owen | Helen Clark Joseph Anthony Phillips |
Edison: 4051 |
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Invitation (1915) | A. Owen | Elsa Stralia | Columbia: 6631 |
| Title (Release Year) | Performers | Instruments |
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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 |
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| DBE750 | Dance of the Collywobbles (1899) - Cake-Walk and Two-Step A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3¾ mins. |
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| DBE751 | Fire Fly (1909) - Intermezzo D/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 2 mins. |
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| DBE752 | Sans Toi (1917) - (Without Thee) Waltzes T/T/T+B/B/GB(B), approx. 2½ mins. |
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| Title | Attribution | Instruments | Source | Remarks |
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Airy Mary (1908) | A. Owen (w&m) A. Owen (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer |  |
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Any Place Is Heaven When You're With The Girl You Love (1910) | A. Owen (w&m) | Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Daisies Won't Tell (1908) | A. Owen (w&m) |
Piano, Voice | Greer Indiana |
Pub. |
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Dreamy Eyes (1915) | A. Owen (music) | Piano, Voice | Indiana | |
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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 | |
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How Can You Forget? (1912) | A. Owen (w&m) Grace Van Studdiford (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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⇑I Cannot Bear to Say Goodbye (1918) | A. Owen (music) |
Piano | Greer Indiana |
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If Daisies Could Tell What They Know (1920) | A. Owen (w&m) | Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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In Japan With Mi-Mo-San (1915) | A. Owen (music) | Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Invitation (1906) | A. Owen (music) Grace Van Studdiford (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | |
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Just a Chain of Daisies (1911) | A. Owen (music) |
Piano | Ragtime Piano Indiana |
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Kiss Me Good-Bye (1920) | A. Owen (w&m) | Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Land of My Dreams (1919) | A. Owen (w&m) | Piano, Voice | Univ. of Maine | Pub. |
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Mary, You Must Marry Me (1919) | A. Owen (music) |
Piano | Greer Indiana |
Pub. |
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⇑My Memory of You (1920) | A. Owen (w&m) | Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Only a Bunch of Violets (1912) | A. Owen (w&m) | Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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Only One Daisy Left (1898) | A. Owen (music) | Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Sans Toi (1917) | A. Owen (w&m) | Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Sometime, Somewhere (1917) | A. Owen (music) | Piano, Voice | Ragtime Piano | Pub. |
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Sweet Bunch of Daisies (1894) | A. Owen (music) | Piano, Voice | Indiana | |
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Sweet Bunch of Daisies (1908) | A. Owen (w&m) | Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Sweet Red Roses (1910) | A. Owen (music) | Piano, Voice | Indiana | 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 Indiana |
Pub. |
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When the Dew Is on the Rose (1911) | A. Owen (music) | Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 42 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) | |
| Sweet Bunch of Daisies (w&m) | 1894 | Elizabeth Wheeler (perf.) John Young as Harry Anthony (perf.) |
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| Only a Rose Bud | 1896 | Arthur J. Lamb (words) | |
| Only One Daisy Left | 1898 | Pub. |
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| Dance of the Collywobbles | 1899 | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) | Pub. |
| Ellen O'Hagan | 1904 | Pub. | |
| Invitation (w&m) | 1906 | Elsa Stralia (perf.) Grace Van Studdiford (perf.) |
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| Airy Mary (w&m) | 1908 | Anita Owen (perf.) | Pub. |
| Daisies Won't Tell (w&m) | 1908 | Helen Clark (perf.) Joseph Anthony Phillips (perf.) Manuel Romain (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Honey-Dear | 1908 | Pub. |
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| ⇑ Exultation | 1909 | ||
| Fire Fly | 1909 | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) | Pub. |
| When the Daisies Bloom (w&m) | 1909 | Inez Barbour (perf.) John Young as Harry Anthony (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Any Place Is Heaven When You're With The Girl You Love (w&m) | 1910 | Pub. |
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| If My Dreams of You Came True | 1910 | Anita Owen (words) | Pub. |
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| Sweet Red Roses (w&m) | 1910 | Agnes Noll (perf.) | |
| Just a Chain of Daisies (w&m) | 1911 | Pub. |
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| When the Dew Is on the Rose (w&m) | 1911 | Pub. |
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| Have You Forgot? | 1912 | Grace Van Studdiford (perf.) | Pub. |
| How Can You Forget? (w&m) | 1912 | Grace Van Studdiford (perf.) | Pub. |
| Only a Bunch of Violets (w&m) | 1912 | Pub. |
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| 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. |
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| When I Found You | 1915 | Pub. | |
| ⇑ Sans Toi | 1917 | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) | Pub. |
| Sometime, Somewhere | 1917 | Pub. |
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| I Cannot Bear to Say Goodbye (w&m) | 1918 | |
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| Don't Be Sad | 1919 | |
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| Land of My Dreams (w&m) | 1919 | Pub. |
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| Mary, You Must Marry Me (w&m) | 1919 | |
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| Tell It to the World | 1919 | |
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| Wander With Me to Loveland (w&m) | 1919 | Pub. |
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| Alla (w&m) | 1920 | Alla Nazimova (perf.) | Pub. |
| If Daisies Could Tell What They Know (w&m) | 1920 | Pub. |
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| Kiss Me Good-Bye (w&m) | 1920 | Pub. |
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| My Memory of You (w&m) | 1920 | Pub. |
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| Pretty Pansies | ? | ||
| Say That You Forgive Me | ? | ||
| Swinging With Teresa | ? | Harry C. Clyde (words) | |