Ida Emerson

Ida Emerson (17 April 1873 – 25 September 1945) was a Broadway composer and lyricist. She was one of the few women admitted to the famed group of songwriters of Tin Pan Alley, where she worked with her husband, composer, lyricist, arranger and librettist Joseph E. Howard as part of the song writing team of Howard and Emerson.

Emerson met Howard when he was 17. After the death of his first wife, Mabel Barrison, the two were married. They worked the Midwestern vaudeville circuit, gaining notice in Chicago that landed them a gig in New York at Tony Pastor's Music Hall on 14th Street.

Birth and Death Data: Born 1850, Died 1950

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1899 - 1915

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Berliner 05 7-in. 4/15/1899 Hello ma baby Len Spencer Male vocal solo lyricist  
Berliner 0534 7-in. 9/23/1899 Hello! ma baby Edward M. Favor Male vocal solo lyricist  
Berliner 01004 7-in. 2/19/1900 Hello! ma baby Arthur Collins Male vocal solo lyricist  
Berliner 01149 7-in. 3/30/1900 Hello! ma baby Nellie V. Nichols Female vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]402 7-in. 9/27/1900 Hello, my baby Frank P. Banta Piano solo lyricist  
Victor C-16217 12-in. 7/21/1915 Songs of the past, no. 5 Victor Mixed Chorus Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra lyricist  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Emerson, Ida," accessed November 7, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/314028.

Emerson, Ida. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 7, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/314028.

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

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URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/314028

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