Life and Times of William Christopher O'Hare

  • Home
  • Washington, D.C.
    • Formative Years
    • DC Family >
      • Early Ancestors
      • Paternal Grandparents
      • Ancestral Home: Linden Grove
      • Parents
      • Siblings
  • Shreveport
    • City Background & O'Hare Activities
    • Music Director >
      • Grand Opera House
      • Choral Societies
      • Community Productions
      • Churches
    • Music Teacher
    • Composer--Before Levee Revels
    • Composer-- Levee Revels and after
    • Changes & Problems at the Opera House
  • Marriage & Sons
    • Lottie Slater
    • Wm. Crockett O'Hare
    • Vincent Slater O'Hare
  • NYC
    • Arrival & Background
    • Arranger >
      • Rags & Other Instrumentals
      • Pop/Patriotic Songs 1901-1908
      • Pop/Patriotic Songs, 1909-1931
      • Medleys
      • Misc. Shows, 1902-1905
      • Misc. Shows, 1906-1909
      • Misc. Shows, 1910-1914
      • Hippodrome Background & O'Hare's First Tunes
      • Hippodrome Shows
      • Vocal Arrangements, Secular and Sacred
      • Misc. Arrangements
      • An Orchestrator's Prank
    • Composer >
      • Instrumentals, 1901-1902
      • Instrumentals, 1903-1909
      • Early NY Songs
      • Sacred Music/Organist
      • Silent Films
      • Misc Compositions, 1905-1914
      • Misc Compositions, 1917-1934
    • Letter to the Editor
  • Death
  • Blog
  • Contact Me
  • Home
  • Washington, D.C.
    • Formative Years
    • DC Family >
      • Early Ancestors
      • Paternal Grandparents
      • Ancestral Home: Linden Grove
      • Parents
      • Siblings
  • Shreveport
    • City Background & O'Hare Activities
    • Music Director >
      • Grand Opera House
      • Choral Societies
      • Community Productions
      • Churches
    • Music Teacher
    • Composer--Before Levee Revels
    • Composer-- Levee Revels and after
    • Changes & Problems at the Opera House
  • Marriage & Sons
    • Lottie Slater
    • Wm. Crockett O'Hare
    • Vincent Slater O'Hare
  • NYC
    • Arrival & Background
    • Arranger >
      • Rags & Other Instrumentals
      • Pop/Patriotic Songs 1901-1908
      • Pop/Patriotic Songs, 1909-1931
      • Medleys
      • Misc. Shows, 1902-1905
      • Misc. Shows, 1906-1909
      • Misc. Shows, 1910-1914
      • Hippodrome Background & O'Hare's First Tunes
      • Hippodrome Shows
      • Vocal Arrangements, Secular and Sacred
      • Misc. Arrangements
      • An Orchestrator's Prank
    • Composer >
      • Instrumentals, 1901-1902
      • Instrumentals, 1903-1909
      • Early NY Songs
      • Sacred Music/Organist
      • Silent Films
      • Misc Compositions, 1905-1914
      • Misc Compositions, 1917-1934
    • Letter to the Editor
  • Death
  • Blog
  • Contact Me

Show Tune Arrangements, 1902-1905
Part 2

The Prince of Pilsen (1903)

Picture
Listen to J. W. Myers singing "The Message of the Violet" from The Prince of Pilsen
Picture
Listen to John Philip Sousa's Band playing O'Hare's "The Tale of the Seashell" song for cornet
Listen to Willliam H. Thompson singing "The Tale of the Seashell"
Picture
Picture

Whoop-Dee-Doo (1903)
Picture
Picture
Picture
Title section and vocal orchestra section from O'Hare's "U.S.A" orchestration from Whoop-Dee-Doo, Witmark
Picture
Picture
Portion of On the Boulevard violin part with Nancy Green, Witmark
Picture
Download O'Hare's The Maid of Timbuctoo orchestration
Picture
Jos. Stern
Picture
Listen to Harry Macdonough sing this hit song
Picture
Picture
Copyright Dec. 8, 1903, Jos. Stern
Picture
Witmark
Picture
Witmark
Picture
Picture
Witmark

The Office Boy (1903)
Picture
Hear Billy Murray singing this song with a catchy chorus
Hager's Orchestra's performance of what is probably O'Hare's orchestration
The music of The Office Boy was written by Ludwig Englander, and is generally of a bright and tuneful sort, along lines that are sufficiently tried to promise a certain degree of popularity.

Of the songs in the first act, the most pleasing , perhaps, is 'Plain Mamie O'Hooley,' sung by Mr. Daniels, Eva Tanguay, and Messrs. Wheat and Bennett.  It is made especially effective by a grotesque dance accompaniment at the end of which the two principals 'plump themselves down' n the centre of the stage.   --New York Times

Picture
Hear Billy Murray sing "I'm on the Water Wagon" from
The Office Boy

Picture
The big song hit, 'I'm on the Water Wagon Now,' comes in the second act, and is decidedly funny, not only in its versification, but by reason of the quaintness of the comedian's method of singing it. 

The Isle of Spice (1903)
Picture
Picture
Hear Harry Macdonough sing "Peggy Brady" from The Isle of Spice
Picture
--from a review of Isle of Spice production at Boston's Globe Theater, May 1904
Picture
Hear Arthur Collins sing "The Goo Goo Man" from The Isle of Spice

Terence (1904)

Picture
Picture
A mixed review from The Theatre, Feb. 4, 1904
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
--Bookseller, 1903

 Mrs. Black Is Back (1904)
Picture
Picture
From orchestration of a coon song sung by May Irwin
Picture
Picture
Recorded by the Columbia Quartet of Columbia 3216 but not found

Love's Lottery (1904)
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Hear Harry Macdonough's recording of "Sweet Thoughts of Home" from Love's Lottery

Me, Him & I (1905)

Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Hear what is probably O'Hare's orchestration of "The Minstrel Parade," an instrumental number from  Me, Him & I

Rollicking Girl (1905)
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Billy Murray sings one of the hit songs from The
Rollicking Girl

Picture
Picture
Picture
Piano roll medley arranged by W. C. O'Hare
Picture
Angelus piano roll listing
Hear Pryor's Orchestra play a waltz selection from Rollicking Girl

The Pearl and the Pumpkin (1905)
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Hear cast member Harry Macdonough sing "Honeymoon Hall" from The Pearl and the Pumpkin
Picture

The Mayor of Tokio (1905)
Picture
Picture
Download O'Hare's Mayor of Tokio band score from the North Royalton Community Band
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
"I Like You" segment of O'Hare's Selection orchestration, The Mayor of Tokio

The Filibuster (1905)

Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture

Background graphic, top of page:  New York's Knickerbocker Theatre, Rollicking Girl, 1905
                                                                    2018  copyright on research content,  Sue Attalla