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
| 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 | |
| Columbia | 79451 | 10-in. | 10/6/1920 | Where is my daddy now blues | Marion Harris | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 79635 | 10-in. | 1/9/1921 | Bright eyes | Leo Reisman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | 79664 | 10-in. | 1/27/1921 | Make believe | Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | 79695 | 10-in. | 3/22/1921 | Where is my daddy now blues | Ted Lewis Jazz Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | 79712 | 10-in. | 2/3/1921 | Bright eyes | Jess Libonati | Xylophone solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | 79717 | 10-in. | 2/7/1921 | Siam Soo | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia | 79758 | 10-in. | 3/4/1921 | Bright eyes | Duci De Kerékjártó | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 79910 | 10-in. | 6/24/1921 | Mandy 'n' me | Irving Kaufman ; Jack Kaufman | Male vocal duet, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | 80122 | 10-in. | 12/23/1921 | Marie | Ted Lewis Jazz Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | 81968 | 10-in. | 8/30/1924 | Moana chimes | Ferera's Hawaiian Instrumental Sextet | Instrumental sextet (Hawaiian) | composer | |
| Columbia | 140156 | 10-in. | 11/29/1924 | Bye bye baby | Paul Specht Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal chorus | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W148773 | 10-in. | 7/2/1929 | Where are you dream girl? | The Knickerbockers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia | W148975 | 10-in. | 9/5/1929 | Where are you, dream girl? | Oscar Grogan | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 149726 | 10-in. | 12/16/1929 | Once in a blue moon | Lou Gold Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia | W100314 | 10-in. | 7/2/1929 | Where are you, dream girl? | Selvin’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| OKeh | S-7195 | 10-in. | ca. Jan. 1920 | So this is Paris | Joe Thomas Sax-o-tette | Saxophone sextet | composer | |
| OKeh | S-7711 | 10-in. | Dec. 1920 | Bright eyes | Black and White Melody Boys ; Ray Miller | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | S-7798 | 10-in. | Feb. 1921 | Hawaiian blues | Frank Ferera ; Anthony J. Franchini ; George Hamilton Green | 2 steel guitars and marimba (Hawaiian) | composer | |
| OKeh | o-8120 | 10-in. | ca. Mar. 1921 | Bright eyes | Samuel Ash | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| OKeh | S-70089 | 10-in. | Aug. 1921 | Mandy 'n' me | Rega Orchestra ; Aileen Stanley | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | S-71668 | 10-in. | July 1923 | My lady and me | Rega Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | S-72902 | 10-in. | Oct. 1924 | Bye bye, baby | 14 Virginians ; Ace Brigode | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| OKeh | W403011 | 10-in. | 10/1/1929 | Where are you, dream girl? | Lew Bray | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | [OK cat 4123-A] | 10-in. | approximately Apr. 1920 | The crocodile | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | 6747 | 10-in. | approximately Nov. 1921 | Mandy ‘n’ me | Billy Jones | Male vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra | composer | |
| Brunswick | 4963-4966 | 10-in. | approximately Jan. 1921 | Bright eyes | Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | 5247-5248 | 10-in. | approximately Mar. 1921 | Toddle | Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | E27660 | 10-in. | 6/7/1928 | Figaro | Marimba Guatemalteca de Luis Betancourt | Marimba band | composer | |
| Brunswick | E30075 | 10-in. | 6/18/1929 | Where are you dream girl? | Hal Kemp Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E30367 | 10-in. | July 1929 | Where are you, dream girl? | Nick Lucas | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E30535 | 10-in. | Sept. 1929 | Where are you dream girl? | Nick Lucas | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | XE30701 | 12-in. | 8/23/1929 | Bremer-Tully broadcast record no. 1 | Bremer-Tully Orchestra | Orchestra, with announcement | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E34907 | 10-in. | 10/21/1930 | In a window, in a house, in Caroline | Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio | Jazz/dance trio, with vocal | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E36298 | 10-in. | 3/10/1931 | After the dance (The bells ding-dong) | Joe Green’s Ambassadors | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E36459 | 10-in. | 4/11/1931 | After the dance (The bells ding-dong) | Regent Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E17373-E17375 | 10-in. | 1/7/1926 | Who’s with you tonight | Castlewood Marimba Band | Marimba band | composer | |
| Edison | 5569 | 10-in. | 5/17/1917 | That's why my heart is calling you | Vernon Dalhart | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 6297 | 10-in. | July 1918 or later | A tear, a kiss, a smile | Manuel Romain | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 6830 | 10-in. | 6/12/1919 | Keep all your love for me | Leola Lucey | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 7476 | 10-in. | 8/4/1920 | The crocodile | Imperial Marimba Band | Marimba band | composer | |
| Edison | 7587 | 10-in. | 10/19/1920 | Where-is-my-daddy-now-blues | Aileen Stanley | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 7681 | 10-in. | 12/14/1920 | Bright eyes | Orlando's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Edison | 7756 | 10-in. | 1/25/1921 | Bright eyes | George Wilton Ballard | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 8025 | 10-in. | 5/26/1921 | Yo-lay-ee-oo (Means I love you) | Marguerite Farrell | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 8157 | 10-in. | 8/2/1921 | Mandy 'n' me | Club de Vingt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Edison | 8344 | 10-in. | 1/17/1922 | Marie | Green Brothers' Novelty Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Edison | 8552 | 10-in. | 7/31/1922 | The heart of Virginia | Kaplan's Melodists | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Edison | 9678 | 10-in. | 8/28/1924 | Moana chimes | Waikiki Hawaiian Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Edison | 9896 | 10-in. | 12/9/1924 | Bye bye baby | Million Dollar Pier Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Edison | 19262 | 10-in. | 6/19/1929 | Where are you, dream girl? | J. Donald Parker | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Edison | N-967 | 10-in. | 6/19/1929 | Where are you, dream girl? | J. Donald Parker | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Motzan, Otto," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/112130.
Motzan, Otto. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/112130.
"Motzan, Otto." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
External Sources
Wikipedia: Otto Motzan
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Motzan, Otto, 1880-1937 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2003039756
Wikidata: Otto Motzan - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q109858135
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