Andrew B. Sterling

Andrew B. Sterling (26 Agustus 1874 – 11 Agustus 1955) adalah penulis lirik Amerika Serikat.

Biografi[sunting | sunting sumber]

Lahir di Kota New York, setelah lulus SMA, dia mulai menulis lagu dan vaudeville. Peristiwa penting adalah pertemuannya dengan komposer Harry Von Tilzer pada tahun 1898. Keduanya memulai kemitraan penulisan lagu yang berlangsung hampir 30 tahun.

Pihak lainnya yang berkolaborasi dengan Sterling termasuk Arthur Lange,^[1] Gus Edwards,^[2] Bernie Grossman, M. K. Jerome, William Jerome, Frederick Allen Mills, saudara laki-lakinya Raymond Sterling, Ray Henderson, Edward Moran dan Bartley Costello.

Referensi[sunting | sunting sumber]

^ Hischak, Thomas S. The Encyclopedia of Film Composers, London: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015, page 420, ISBN 978-1442245495.
^ Jones, John Bush. Reinventing Dixie: Tin Pan Alley's Songs and the Creation of the Mythic South, Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2015, page 115, ISBN 9780807159446.

Pranala luar[sunting | sunting sumber]

Sheet music for his song "Under the Anheuser Bush" from the collection of the San Francisco Public Library
Words and music for "Strike Up the Band (Here Comes a Sailor)" written with Charles B. Ward in 1900
Andrew B. Sterling recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.

[1] Hischak, Thomas S. The Encyclopedia of Film Composers, London: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015, page 420, ISBN 978-1442245495.

[2] Jones, John Bush. Reinventing Dixie: Tin Pan Alley's Songs and the Creation of the Mythic South, Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2015, page 115, ISBN 9780807159446.

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