Life and Times of William Christopher O'Hare

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      • 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
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      • 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
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  • 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

Rags & Other Instrumentals
Part 2

Red Fez (Witmark 1908)

Cinderella (Witmark, 1908)

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Download O'Hare's Red Fez band score from North Royalton (OH) Community Band
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Download O'Hare's Cinderella orchestration from Ohio State University

Uncle Dudley (Witmark, 1908)

Jolly Clowns (Witmark, 1908)

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The American Symphony Orchestra plays O'Hare's arrangement of
Howard Whitney's The Jolly Clowns

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Edison advertisement

The Teddy Bears Picnic (Witmark, 1908)

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Listen to the Edison Symphony Orchestra's 1908 recording of Teddy Bears' Picnic
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Download O'Hare's Teddy Bears' Picnic band score from the North Royalton (OH) Community Band
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Edison advertisement
New Columbian Brass Band's recording of O'Hare's arrangement; posted to YouTube;
performance copyrighted New Columbian Brass Band, George Foreman, conductor. 
Recordings available on amazon.com and elsewhere.


Dandelion Rag (Witmark, 1909, arranged for orchestra)

Temptation Rag (Witmark, 1909, arranged for band)

Pearl of Persia (Carl Fischer, 1909)
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Listen to Dandelion Rag
Download O'Hare's Dandelion orchestration from Ohio State University
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Listen to the New York Military Band playing what is probably O'Hare's arrangement
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Download O'Hare's  Pearl of Persia orchestration from Ohio State University
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Edison catalog advertisement
Arthur Pryor's Band playing O'Hare's arrangement; posted to YouTube by Onkel Greifenklau

Charme d'Amour (Witmark 1909 & 1914)
The Sky Flyer (Witmark, 1910)
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Charme d'Amour on Evans piano roll #2003; midi from IAMMP converted to mp3
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Download O'Hare's The Sky Flyer orchestration from Ohio State University
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The Copyright renewal identifies J. B. Walter as a pseudonym of well-known composer John W. Bratton:
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Frisco Rag (Witmark, 1910) 

The Thoroughbred (Witmark, 1911)

Roulette Reel (Witmark 1911)

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Listen to Frisco Rag, posted to YouTube by iltonjardim
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Download O'Hare's orchestration from Ohio State University
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Download O'Hare's orchestration from Ohio State University
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Note instructions for playing at different venues
Universal piano roll 96995 (1911)

Pirouette  (Witmark 1911)

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Anna Pavlova
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Less appropriate cover art, but with a dedicated to ballerina Anna Pavlova
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Listen to the Peerless Orchestra's recording of Pirouette, which conveys the ballerina's light-footedness and pirouettes.

Black Diamond Rag (Witmark 1912)

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Listen to the New York Military Band play Black Diamond Rag
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Up and Doing (Witmark, 1912)

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QRS roll #31312; source:  IAMPP
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Tokio Rag (Witmark, 1912)
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Listen to a digitized Tokio Rag
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March Progressive (Witmark, 1912)

Persian Princess (Witmark, 1912)

The Chimes (Witmark, 1912)

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Sheet music from Witmark's authorized dealer in London
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Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra recording provided by Rodney Sauer, Mont Alto director; performance copyrighted by Mont Alto.

Tango Land (Witmark, 1912)

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Listen to O'Hare's arrangement of Tango Land played by the Victor Military Band
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Also arranged by O'Hare for band

Pepper Pot (Witmark, 1913)

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Harold Ivers was a pseudonym of George J. Trinkaus, a Witmark staff arranger for many years. For example, Trinkaus arranged several of O'Hare's original pieces for mandolin orchestra.
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Listen to the Victor Military Band playing what is almost certainly O'Hare's arrangement of Pepper Pot
Walk of the Fishes (Witmark, 1913)
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Listen to a digital arrangement of Uriel Davis' Walk of the fishes at Bill's Audio Reference Library

Here We Are Again: A Circus Trot (Witmark, 1914)

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Download O'Hare's orchestration of Here We Are Again:  A Circus Trot from Ohio State University
Nori (Witmark,1914)
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No band or orchestra recording has been found, but listen her to Nori on piano roll

Magic Love (Oliver Ditson, 1914)
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from The Musician, March 1915

Salute to the Colors (Theo. Presser, 1921)
O'Hare had already begun arranging music for school vocal ensembles and had composed and arranged one orchestral piece, especially for school orchestras--Colonia Overture (Oliver Ditson, 1917).  Salute to the Flag is his school orchestra arrangement of a march by Bert R. Anthony, composer of salon and teaching pieces for piano. 
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Access the University of Maine's Salute to the Colors sheet music and mp3 file here

Background image, top of page:  Cover detail from The Story of the House of Witmark:  From Ragtime to Swingtime
                                                                    2018  copyright on research content,  Sue Attalla