Anita Owen (?-1932)

Overview

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.

Websites:
	Anita Owen	Biography and list of works by "Perfessor" Bill Edwards
	DAHR: Anita Owen	List of 25 historic recordings from 1910 to 1949.

Cylinders

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


Daisies Won't Tell (1915)	Helen Clark Joseph Anthony Phillips	Edison Blue Amberol: 2719
Daisies Won't Tell (1910)	Manuel Romain	Edison Standard Record: 10399
Sweet Bunch of Daisies (1909)	Elizabeth Wheeler John Young as Harry Anthony	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 10302
Sweet Red Roses (1911)	Agnes Noll	Edison Standard Record: 10487
When the Daisies Bloom (1910)	Inez Barbour John Young as Harry Anthony	Edison Amberol: 522

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	How Can You Forget? (1912)		James Pitt-Payne
	Only a Bunch of Violets		James Pitt-Payne

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


	Daisies Won't Tell (1915)	A. Owen	Helen Clark Joseph Anthony Phillips	Edison: 4051
	Invitation (1915)	A. Owen	Elsa Stralia	Columbia: 6631

Samples

	Title (Release Year)	Performers	Instruments


Dance of the Collywobbles (1899)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A/T/T/B/GB(B)
Fire Fly (1909)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	D/A/T/T/B/GB(B)
Sans Toi (1917)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	T/T/T+B/B/GB(B)

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


	Ragtime Music CDs:
	Nora Hulse	Cake Walks, Two Steps and Rags by Women Composers
	Nora Hulse	Ragtime Refreshments

Item	Title	Available	€	£	$	Other



DBE750	Dance of the Collywobbles (1899) - Cake-Walk and Two-Step A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3¾ mins.	1-2 days
DBE751	Fire Fly (1909) - Intermezzo D/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 2 mins.	1-2 days
DBE752	Sans Toi (1917) - (Without Thee) Waltzes T/T/T+B/B/GB(B), approx. 2½ mins.	1-2 days

Library

	Title	Instruments	Remarks


Dance of the Collywobbles (1899)	A/T/T/B/GB(B)
Fire Fly (1909)	D/A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Sans Toi (1917)	T/T/T+B/B/GB(B)	Pub.

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Any Place Is Heaven When You're With The Girl You Love (1910)	A. Owen (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Daisies Won't Tell (1908)	A. Owen (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Greer Indiana	Pub.
Dreamy Eyes (1915)	A. Owen (music)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Fire Fly (1909)	A. Owen (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Honey-Dear (1908)	A. Owen (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano
How Can You Forget? (1912)	A. Owen (w&m) Grace Van Studdiford (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
I Cannot Bear to Say Goodbye (1918)	A. Owen (music)	Piano	Greer Indiana
⇑If Daisies Could Tell What They Know (1920)	A. Owen (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
In Japan With Mi-Mo-San (1915)	A. Owen (music)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Invitation (1906)	A. Owen (music) Grace Van Studdiford (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Just a Chain of Daisies (1911)	A. Owen (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano Indiana
Kiss Me Good-Bye (1920)	A. Owen (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Land of My Dreams (1919)	A. Owen (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Univ. of Maine	Pub.
Mary, You Must Marry Me (1919)	A. Owen (music)	Piano	Greer Indiana	Pub.
My Memory of You (1920)	A. Owen (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
⇑Only a Bunch of Violets (1912)	A. Owen (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Only One Daisy Left (1898)	A. Owen (music)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Sans Toi (1917)	A. Owen (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Sometime, Somewhere (1917)	A. Owen (music)	Piano, Voice	Ragtime Piano	Pub.
Sweet Bunch of Daisies (1894)	A. Owen (music)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Sweet Bunch of Daisies (1908)	A. Owen (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Sweet Red Roses (1910)	A. Owen (music)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Tell It to the World (1919)	A. Owen (music)	Piano	IMSLP
⇑Wander With Me to Loveland (1919)	A. Owen (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
When the Daisies Bloom (1909)	A. Owen (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
When the Dew Is on the Rose (1911)	A. Owen (music)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.

Works

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

(w&m)

1892-1910

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Awake Beloved	1892
Forget Me Not	1893	Edwin Hunter (words)
Sweet Bunch of Daisies (w&m)	1894	Elizabeth Wheeler (perf.) John Young as Harry Anthony (perf.)
Only a Rose Bud	1896	Arthur J. Lamb (words)
Only One Daisy Left	1898		Pub.
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.)
Daisies Won't Tell (w&m)	1908	Helen Clark (perf.) Joseph Anthony Phillips (perf.) Manuel Romain (perf.)	Pub.
Honey-Dear	1908		Pub.
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.
If My Dreams of You Came True	1910	Anita Owen (words)	Pub.
Sweet Red Roses (w&m)	1910	Agnes Noll (perf.)	Pub.

1911-1919

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Just a Chain of Daisies (w&m)	1911
When the Dew Is on the Rose (w&m)	1911		Pub.
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.
Daisies Will Tell You So	1913		Pub.
I Want Just You (w&m)	1913		Pub.
Dreamy Eyes (w&m)	1915
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
Don't Be Sad	1919
Land of My Dreams (w&m)	1919		Pub.
Mary, You Must Marry Me (w&m)	1919		Pub.

1919-?

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Tell It to the World	1919
Wander With Me to Loveland (w&m)	1919
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)