Von Tilzer, Harry
(1872–1946)> COMPOSER · MUSIC PUBLISHER
Harry Von Tilzer Composer and music publisher Harry Gumm, Detroit, Michigan, July 8, 1872; New York City, January 10, 1946. While Ragtime was rapidly changing the beat of the Alley, and before Irving Berlin started writing his own songs, Harry Von Tilzer , who was to give Berlin his first job on the Alley, as a plugger, decided to go into business for himself. Amicably leaving Maurice Shapiro in 1902 to form Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Company, he remained on Twenty-eighth Street for the…