Katie-Did (1911)
Naughty Marietta (1911)
Doctor De Luxe (1911)
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Piano roll arrangement of the Doctor Deluxe Selection
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Elizabeth Spencer and Harry Anthony sing the hit song from Doctor De Luxe
Macushla (1911)
The Wall Street Girl (1912)
Wall Street Girl opened following composer Karl Hoschna's death and may have taken its place in history more for introducing Will Rogers to Broadway than for its music.
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Rogers and Ring
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Interpolated in Wall Street Girl
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An amusing review of Hapgood and Hoschna's lyrics and music.
The Red Widow (1912)
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A Cleveland critic praised the unlikely plot in which the bomb-throwing nihilist Red Widow sought to assassinate the Russian Czar, but he had less kindly words for the music:
Some of the actions of the play would call for the very best that Victor Herbert is capable of, and it is likely that Victor Herbert would be glad in these days to get hold of a "book" such as this. For such books are rare, such lyrics are rare; in fact, about everything about The Red Widow is rare except the music, and come to think of it, that's "rare" too, rare in the sense of scant. Yet the critic acknowledged that the tunes were "whistly" and popular in restaurants for months. The audience, he noted, greeted the songs with applause after only a few chords, demonstrating that "it sometimes dines out."
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Undine (1912)
A "musical pantomime" telling the story of a wood nymph brought into a 14th century court to cheer a British Lord's despondent daughter, Undine took some of the New York Hippodrome's tricks on the road with its underwater dance routines.
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Isle o' Dreams (1912)
Chauncey Olcott introduced "Mother Machree" in his 1910 Barry of Ballymore. Because of the sentimental song's widespread popularity, Olcott again featured it in Isle of Dreams, along with his new "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling."
With both songs demanded as encores during Olcott's 1914 Shameen Dhu, Witmark may have seen a profit in issuing O'Hare's arrangements.
The word machree derives from the Irish- Gaelic mo chroidhe, meaning literally "my heart." It is commonly translated as "my dear."
With both songs demanded as encores during Olcott's 1914 Shameen Dhu, Witmark may have seen a profit in issuing O'Hare's arrangements.
The word machree derives from the Irish- Gaelic mo chroidhe, meaning literally "my heart." It is commonly translated as "my dear."
All for the Ladies (1913)
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Hop o' My Thumb (1913)
Based on the fairy tale by Charles Perrault
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Shameen Dhu (1913-1914)
Although Shameen Dhu did not open in New York until February 1914, O'Hare was arranging the music for orchestra and band by late 1913 in anticipation of the Olcott play's popularity.
Listen to Chauncey Olcott sing That's an Irish Lullaby
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Olcott singing "My Little Dudeen"
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Chauncey Olcott singing "Dream Girl o' Mine"
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When Love Is Young (1914)
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The Red Canary (1914)
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Background graphic, top of page: Grand Opera House, venue of Isle o' Dreams and Shameen Dhu