Otto Motzan

Otto Motzan (12 April 1880 – 15 January 1937) was an American composer from Austria-Hungary. He was best known as one of the composers for the The Passing Show of 1916. He became a popular composer and eventually published his own works through Joseph W. Stern & Co., as well as becoming a chartered member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers since 1914, the year of its inception. A possible pseudonym of Otto Motzan is Josie De Guzman.

Birth and Death Data: Born 1880, Died 1937

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1911 - 1931

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter

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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 76 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor B-13609 10-in. 7/18/1913 I want to be somebody's baby girl That Girl Quartet Female vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-15545 10-in. 12/24/1914 Lucille Love Peerless Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-19875 10-in. 5/21/1917 A tear, a kiss, a smile Charles Hart Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-19876 10-in. 5/21/1917 That's why my heart is calling you Charles Hart Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-19878 10-in. 5/21/1917 That's why my heart is calling you Emilio de Gogorza Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-23814 10-in. 3/1/1920 The crocodile Wiedoeft-Wadsworth Quartet Instrumental quartet composer  
Victor B-24822 10-in. 1/27/1921 Bright eyes Paul Whiteman Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor B-25745 10-in. 11/4/1921 Mandy 'n' me American Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-25835 10-in. 11/30/1921 I want my mammy Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor B-26010 10-in. 1/3/1922 Marie Paul Whiteman Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor B-30313 10-in. 6/23/1924 Moana chimes Hilo Hawaiian Orchestra Instrumental ensemble (Hawaiian) composer  
Victor BVE-53496 10-in. 7/8/1929 Where are you dream girl? Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BVE-57134 10-in. 11/4/1929 Once in a blue moon Pietro's Blue Horse Tavern Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BVE-62947 10-in. 11/6/1930 In a window, in a house, in Caroline Ernie Birchill ; Wayne King Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor PB-47 10-in. 9/6/1924 Bye bye baby Paul Biese ; Paul Biese’s Novelty Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor [Trial 1920-02-17-03] Not documented 2/17/1920 The crocodile Wiedoeft-Wadsworth Quartet Instrumental quartet composer  
Columbia 19219 10-in. 1/30/1911 Dus pitzaly kind Hyman Adler Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 19221 10-in. 1/30/1911 Shabes koydesh (שבת קודש) Hyman Adler Tenor vocal solo and vocal chorus, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 47356 10-in. 2/9/1917 A tear, a kiss, a smile James Harrod Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 77132 10-in. 6/12/1917 That's why my heart is calling you Graham Marr Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 78591 10-in. 7/23/1919 Somebody's heart Happy Six Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 78666 10-in. 9/17/1919 Fee fi fo fum Art Hickman's Orchestra Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Columbia 78840 10-in. 12/4/1919 So this is Paris Prince's Dance Orchestra ; Fred Whitehouse Male vocal solo, with orchestra songwriter  
Columbia 78990 10-in. 2/20/1920 The crocodile Columbia Saxophone Sextette Saxophone sextet composer  
Columbia 79259 10-in. 6/10/1920 So this is Paris! Van and Schenck Male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
(Results 1-25 of 76 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Motzan, Otto," accessed November 7, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/112130.

Motzan, Otto. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 7, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/112130.

"Motzan, Otto." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 November 2024.

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