Harry J. Lincoln

Harry James Lincoln (b 13 April 1878 Shamokin, Pennsylvania; d. 19 Apr 1937 Philadelphia) was a music composer from Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Aside from running his own publication company, he wrote many marches and rags, such as the Bees Wax Rag (1911), the Lincoln Highway two step march (1921), and quite possibly the Repasz Band March (1929). This last composition, created for the local Repasz Band (now the oldest brass band still in existence), has also been credited to its trombonist Charles C. Sweeley; however, evidence indicates that Sweeley had bought rights to the march from Lincoln.^[1][2]

Lincoln used pseudonyms Abe Losch ("Losch" was the maiden name of his mother), Carl Loveland, and Harry Jay.^[3]

Selected compositions

• "A Jolly Sailor"
• "Alameda Waltzes" (1908)
• "American Emblem" (1923)
• "Bang Up Two Step' (1913)
• "Bees Wax Rag" (1911) (Click here to hear it)
• "Belle of the Season" (1924)
• "Blaze of Honour" (1915)
• "Buffalo Flyer"^[4]
• "Canonade" (1928)
• "Circus Life" (1914)
• "Dance Of The Fairies" (1912)
• "Dixie A Rag Caprice" (1911)
• "Dreaming at Twilight" (1915)
• "Dreamy Swanee Lullaby" — a collaboration of Lincoln and George C. Pennington — (1917)
• "Emblem of Peace" (1923)
• "Empire Express"^[4]
• "Excuse Me But Isn't Your Name Johnson?" (1907)
• "Ferns and Flowers"
• "Flowers of the Forest"
• "Garden of Lilies" (1913)
• "Girls of America" (1923)
• "Midnight Special"^[4]
• "Palm Limited^[4]
• "Sunset Limited" (1910)^[4]

Family

Lincoln married Lottie Mae Lincoln sometime around 1898.^[5] They had a daughter, Margaret.^[6]

See also

• Free scores by Harry J. Lincoln at the International Music Score Library Project
• Vandersloot Music Publishing Company

External Links

• Sheet music for "Repasz Band: March and Two Step", Vandersloot Music Co., 1904.

References

General references

• The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music, Composers and their music, supplement, by William H. Rehrig, Integrity Press, Westerville, Ohio (1996)

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