information about Marie Louka and her music

band arrangement recordings of
compositions by Marie Louka

"The Rajah"
The 1902 recording by Sousa's Band (conducted by Arthur
Pryor) of this 1902 march for piano departed somewhat from
the original score. In the band arrangement, the fourth and
final strain of the piano piece was replaced by a repetition
of its third strain.
MIDI sequence of the original piano piece
MP3 recording of Sousa's Band arrangement

"The Captain General"
The 1907 recording by Arthur Pryor's Band of this 1906
march for piano is not yet available in MP3.
MIDI sequence of the original piano piece

1911 letter by Marie Louka published in 1912

Lakewood, N. J., Dec. 15, 1911.

Whitney Warner Company,
131 West Forty-first Street,
New York.

Gentlemen—I am sending you with this the last of the five teaching pieces that I promised to write this year. I
have named it "Mission Bells."

The theme, and in fact the whole composition, came to me as an inspiration while traveling through California for
my health two years ago. I traveled most of the time in stage coaches, of which there are still many left between
San Diego and San Francisco. I saw the ruins of many of the old missions, which one hundred years ago were a
refuge and a home for the worn traveler, who could stay as long as he wished and pay what he could afford and
when he went away took the blessings of the Monks, those men of God who sacrificed their lives for mankind in a
country which was inhabited mostly by lawless Spaniards and Mexicans. While almost all of these buildings are in
a ruined state now, I was very much impressed with the bells, which in four or five missions still remained. These
bells were formerly rung at night to guide lost travelers.

One day while making a trip on horseback to the foot of a range of mountains with my companion and a guide we
lost our way. It was late in the afternoon when we discovered this fact. While wondering what to do, we heard the
chiming of sweet bells—three in number, we judged from the sound—and following this, to us most welcome
sound, we came upon an Ursuline convent, situated in a most beautiful natural park in the foothills of a long
range of mountains. As we came close we could hear the soft tones of an organ and the singing of the nuns. It was
vesper time, and I was so deeply impressed with the beautiful scene that I forgot the predicament we were in. We
reined up our horses and stopped until the chanting was over, and the whole scene made such an impression upon
me that I resolved to embody it, just as it then impressed me, in a musical composition.

This I have since done, and I am submitting the manuscript to you under these conditions, that it be named
"Mission Bells," and that a short description of this event in my life be inscribed upon every copy. Kindly send
contracts and any other communications to my home in Philadelphia.

Yours sincerely,
MARIE LOUKA.

This letter was probably sent to Jerome H. Remick & Co., which, in January of 1912, formed the Whitney-Warner Co. as a
subsidiary presided over by Johann C. Schmid. Remick had previously published several compositions by Johann C. Schmid,
mostly songs. Whitney-Warner was formed to publish piano pieces only. Whitney-Warner's first six published piano pieces
apparently included the five "teaching pieces" that Marie Louka had already sent to Remick.

From this letter we learn that in 1909 Marie Louka and her companion traveled through California for her health, that she
was a lover of nature, and that she was religious and sympathetic to Catholicism. We also learn that in 1911 her home was
in Philadelphia, and that she was hoping for contracts to compose music for Remick beyond the five pieces she had already
sent to them.

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14 compositions by Marie Louka sold in 1915
by Weymann & Son to Volkwein Bros.

(1904) A Silent Prayer (Reverie)
(1902) The Rajah (March and Two-Step)
(1901) Japanese Fire-Dance (Characteristic)
(1906) The Captain General (March)
(1905) The Hour of Prayer (Meditation)
(1904) The North American (March)
(1905) Fleeting Hours (Reverie)
(1906) Birds and Breezes (Waltzes)
(1905) Fire and Flame (March)
(1904) Dance of the Snowflakes (Characteristic)
(1905) Dance of the Dewdrops (Characteristic)
(1903) Cupids Dart (Idylle)
(1907) Phasma (Shadow Dance)
(1908) Ocean Spray (Mazurka Caprice)

list of 28 compositions by Marie Louka with copyright owners color-coded to show patterns

Titles of the 14 compositions sold in 1915 by Weymann & Son to Volkwein Bros. are shown in green. Other titles,
dedications, and other information are shown in black. Five of the pieces have titles in both English and German.
(1901) Japanese Fire Dance characteristic — Marie Louka — my dear friend Mrs. Jenny Reinhard, New Ulm, Minn.
(1902) The Rajah march and two-step — Marie Louka — my Friend Mr. Frank L. Hagner
(1903) Cupid's Dart idylle — Johann C. Schmid — my esteemed friend Mr. William H. Doerr
(1903) Karmara African bolo dance — World Publishing Company, Philadelphia, Pa. — Miss Gussie Brock, Phila., Pa.
(1904) A Silent Prayer (Ein Stilles Gebet) reverie— Johann C. Schmid — my Sisters Pauline and Emily
(1904) Daisies song (text by Richard C. Dillmore)
(1904) Dance of the Snowflakes (Tanz der Schneeflocken) characteristic — Johann C. Schmid — my esteemed friend Mr. George A. Bach
(1904) The Fadette march — World Publishing Company, Philadelphia, Pa. — Mrs. Caroline B. Nichols, Director of the Fadettes of Boston
(1904) The North American march — Johann C. Schmid
(1905) Dance of the Dewdrops characteristic — Johann C. Schmid
(1905) Fire and Flame (Feuer und Flamme) march — Johann C. Schmid — my esteemed Friend Mr. J. W. Walsh
(1905) Fleeting Hours reverie
(1905) The Hour of Prayer (Die Stunde des Gebet's) meditation — Johann C. Schmid — Frau Johanna Lins Achtungsvoll gewidmet
(1906) Birds and Breezes waltzes — H. A. Weymann & Son Inc. — Mrs. Herbert E. Aldrich
(1906) The Captain General march — H. A. Weymann & Son Inc. — Sir Norbert Whitley C.G. Kensington Commandry No.54 K.T.
(1907) Phasma shadow dance — H. A. Weymann & Son Inc.
(1908) Ocean Spray mazurka caprice — H. A. Weymann & Son Inc.
(1912) Cap and Gown march — Whitney Warner pub. co., New York
(1912) Dance of the Toys (Puppentanz) — Whitney Warner pub. co., New York
(1912) Dancing Dolls waltz — Whitney Warner pub. co.
(1912) Mission Bells descriptive tone poem — Whitney Warner pub. co., New York
(1912) Sunset on the Ocean reverie — Whitney Warner pub. co., Detroit
(1924) Victorious Peace march — published as a piano roll by the Rose Valley Music Co.
(1939) Damask Rose nocturne — W. H. Paling & co., ltd., Sydney, Australia — published with a reprint of "Dance of the Dewdrops"
(1939) Dance of the Fireflies — W. H. Paling & co., ltd., Sydney, Australia — published with a reprint of "A Silent Prayer"
(1939) Dancing Shadows dance — W. H. Paling & co., ltd., Sydney, Australia — published with a reprint of "Ocean Spray"
(1939) Thoughts at Sunset reverie — W. H. Paling & co., ltd., Sydney, Australia — published with a reprint of "Fleeting Hours"
(1941) Flowers from the Dust song (text by Dorothy Elder) — Mills Music, inc., New York

Was "Marie Louka" a pseudonym of Johann C. Schmid (1870-1951)?

Copyrights for many of the compositions by Marie Louka were renewed prior to their 28 year expirations by
Johann C. Schmid in a way indicating that he had composed them. Since the copyrights on several of these
were owned, beginning in 1915, by Volkwein Bros., how was Schmid able to renew them? Was the 1911 letter
by Marie Louka fraudulent? Are the dedications printed on the sheet music fraudulent? The dedication of
the 1904 march "The Fadette" was to Caroline B. Nichols, the director of the popular traveling orchestra,
the Fadettes of Boston. Would the members of that orchestra have named that march "The Fadette"
without having personally met its living composer Marie Louka?

advertisement printed on the sheet music for "Karmara" by Marie Louka

MIDI sequence of the original piano piece "The Fadette" by Marie Louka

from Boston Evening Transcript, 1904, May 2
There were forty pretty girls, all gowned in white and grouped in tiers of three, and each had the
distinction of being a member of the justly famous Fadettes Woman's Orchestra, organized and
developed to its present substantial proportions by Miss Caroline B. Nichols. For seasons past this
orchestra, consisting of about twenty players, had charmed away many half hours for Keith's patrons.
Yesterday, double in strength, it made an hour pass so quickly, so enjoyably, that all were loth to
recognize the end of the concert. The programme included "The Fadettes" march, composed by
Marie Louka; Rossini's "William Tell" overture; Tchaikovsky's "andante cantabile" (for strings);
"The Camel's Tread," a characteristic trifle by Chapin; two sprightly numbers by Morse; Bratton's
"The Rose's Honeymoon," and "The Cavalry Charge," a descriptive piece by Gustav Luders.

list of 37 compositions by Johann C. Schmid with copyright owners color-coded to show patterns

(1895) Bonnie Dear and I (song) — C. A. Mulliner (published by Zabel-Worley Co., Philadelphia)
(1895) Society Belle (piano solo) — Zabel-Worley Co., Philadelphia
(1899) Coontown (piano solo) — Samuel H. Brown, Philapdelphia
(1902) Flowers of Youth (song) (with A. C. Weymann) — Johann C. Schmid
(1905) Look for Me in Cherry Time (song) — World Publishing Company, Philadelphia, Pa.
(1905) The Baseball March (piano solo) — United States Music Co., Williamsport, Pa. — MIDI sequence of "The Baseball March"
(1905) Zuma (piano solo) — Johann C. Schmid (published by H. A. Weymann & Son, Inc., Philadelphia)
(1906) The Challenger (piano solo) — Johann C. Schmid (published by H. A. Weymann & Son, Inc., Philadelphia)
(1906) Ev'ry Ship Will Find a Harbor (song) — H. A. Weymann & Son, Inc., Philadelphia
(1906) Though Your Hair Is Turning Silver, You've a Heart of Gold (song) — Welch & Wilsky, Phila., Pa.
(1906) When the Orioles Come North Again (song) — Seminary Music Co., 12 East 17th Street, N.Y.
(1907) Let's Try the Old Back Yard (song) — H. A. Weymann & Son, Inc., Philadelphia
(1907) There's a Warm Spot in My Heart for Tennesee (song) — H. A. Weymann & Son, Inc., Philadelphia
(1908) If You Must Love Someone, Won't You Please Love Me? (song) — H. A. Weymann & Son, Inc., Philadelphia
(1908) I Love You for Yourself Alone (song) — H. A. Weymann & Son, Inc., Philadelphia
(1909) Moonlight in Jungleland (song) — H. A. Weymann & Son, Inc., Philadelphia
(1909) White Wings (song) — H. A. Weymann & Son, Inc., Philadelphia
(1909) You're a Grand Old Bell (song) — H. A. Weymann & Son, Inc., Philadelphia
(1909) Moon-Bird (song) — Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York & Detroit
(1909) The Garden of Roses (song) — Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York & Detroit
(1910) Tahmineh (song) — Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York & Detroit
(1910) The Dream of the Dreamer (song) — Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York & Detroit
(1910) The Moonlight, the Rose and You (song) — Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York & Detroit
(1910) The Vale of Dreams (song) Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York & Detroit
(1911) Night Brings Dreams and Dreams Bring You (song) — Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York & Detroit
(1911) The Hour That Gave Me You (song) — Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York & Detroit
(1911) The Whirl-wind (piano solo) — Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York & Detroit
(1912) At the Gate of the Palace of Dreams (song) — Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York & Detroit
(1912) Meet Me Where the Lone Star Gleams (song) — Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York & Detroit
(1912) Perle de Perse (piano solo) — Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York & Detroit
(1913) If I Could Only Make You Care (song) — Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York & Detroit
(1913) Say "Yes" with a Sweet Red Rose (song) — Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York & Detroit
(1914) Roses Remind Me of Someone (song) — Cosmopolitan Music Publishing Co., New York
(1915) Just for the Key to Your Heart (song) — Cosmopolitan Music Publishing Co., New York
(1915) I'm an American, That's All (song) — New Amsterdam Music Corporation, New York
(1919) That Heavenly Jazz (song) — Johann C. Schmid, Philadelphia
(1920) As Long as the Shannon Flows On (song) — Johann C. Schmid, Philadelphia

some references in The Music Trade Review to Marie Louka, Johann C. Schmid, and
the Rose Valley Music Co., arranged in chronological order with commentary

NEW YORK, 1904, June 25.
Johann C. Schmid, the well-known Philadelphia composer, has just written and is about to publish a new ballad
entitled "Daisies," for which Richard C. Dillmore is the author of the words.
When "Daisies" was published in 1904 by Weymann & Son of Philadelphia, Marie Louka was listed as the composer. This
would seem to indicate that Marie Louka was a pseudonym of Johann C. Schmid. Yet the first two published compositions
by Marie Louka, "Japanese Fire Dance" (1901) and "The Rajah" (1902), were copyrighted by Marie Louka, which would
indicate that she was a real person. On the title page of the 1941 song "Flowers from the Dust", beneath "Music by MARIE
LOUKA" are the initials "A.S.C.A.P.". This shows that in 1941 she was a member of the American Society of Composers,
Authors and Publishers, again indicating a real person.
NEW YORK, 1912, January 13.
A new company, to be known as the Whitney-Warner Co., has just been formed as a subsidiary to Jerome
H. Remick & Co., the prominent music publishers, and for the purpose of publishing teaching pieces, or, as it is
expressed, to be "publishers of teaching specialties." The efforts of the new company will be devoted entirely to
the publishing of instrumental numbers and the supervision of that branch of the business will be in the hands of
Johann C. Schmid, who has had much experience in that department of the publishing business. When plans
were first made for the publishing of the teaching piece specialties the Remick house began a quiet search for
writers of unusual ability from which to build up a suitable staff and as a result the following have been signed up
in connection with the new enterprise: Marie Louka, Franz Von Falkenburg, Dorma St. John, Clayton Hallowell,
Margaret Eldon, Carl Heinrich Leonhardi and Paul A. Embrock. These names would appear to offer a guarantee
that the new edition will possess much merit. The first issues of the Whitney-Warner Co. include "Mission
Bells," "Cap and Gown" "Sunset on the Ocean," "Dance of the Toys" and "Dancing Dolls," all of them by
Marie Louka, and "Twilight Shadows," by Franz Von Falkenburg.
Online copyright books show that "Franz Von Falkenburg" was actually "Franz Von Falkenberg", and that his piano piece
published by Whitney-Warner in 1912 was "Silvery Shadows", not "Twilight Shadows". In 1912, Whitney-Warner also
published the piano pieces "Awakening of the Soul" by Dorma St. John, "Autumn Glow" by Clayton Hallowell, "Dance of the
Woodbird" by Carl Heinrich Leonhardi, and "Drumsticks" by Paul A. Embrock. Copyright renewals in 1939 of "Awakening
of the Soul" and "Dance of the Woodbird" claim that Dorma St. John and Carl Heinrich Leonhardi were pseudonyms of
Johann C. Schmid. Beginning in 1917, Johann C. Schmid was the general manager of the Rose Valley Music Co. Among the
names of those playing the piano for its music roll production in 1922 and 1923, "Leonhardi" and "Embrock" are listed.
Although I found nothing by Margaret Eldon published by Whitney-Warner, I found that "Flickering Shadows", a piano
piece by Margaret Eldon, had been published by Weymann & Son in 1906.
Compare this 1912 January 13 entry with that for 1912 April 6.
NEW YORK, 1912, January 27.
Marie Louka, the prominent composer of music especially adapted to teaching purposes, has signed a contract
to write exclusively for the Whitney-Warner Co., the organization of which, as a subsidiary to J. H. Remick &
Co., was recently noted in The Review.
According to her letter dated December 15, 1911, Mary Louka sent the last of five manuscripts of piano compositions to
Whitney-Warner at that time. So the contract-signing reported on in the January 27, 1912, issue indicated that compositions
were contemplated beyond the five that had already been sent and that were published early in 1912. However, the new contract
did not result in any further compositions published by Whitney-Warner. It would be 12 years before a new Marie Louka
composition, "Victorious Peace" march, would appear in the form of a piano roll produced by Rose Valley Music Co. in 1924.
NEW YORK, 1912, March 2.
J. H. Remick & Co. has just published a letter received from Marie Louka, the prominent composer who has
joined the staff of the Whitney-Warner Co., and forwarded to that company together with the manuscript of
"Mission Bells."
This refers to her letter dated December 15, 1911. Was Marie Louka a "prominent composer" in 1912? Her 1902 march
"The Rajah" had been played and recorded by Sousa's Band. Her 1904 march "The Fadette" had been named and played by
the Fadettes of Boston, a popular traveling orchestra. Her 1906 march "The Captain General" had been played and recorded
by Arthur Pryor's Band. By 1908, Weymann & Son had published sheet music for fourteen of her compositions for piano,
while World Publishing Company had published sheet music for two others.
NEW YORK, 1912, March 16.
Jerome H. Remick & Co. have just issued an attractive new number by Johann Schmid and J. E. Dempsey,
entitled "Meet Me Where the Lone Star Gleams," and which is expected to prove another "The Hour That
Gave Me You."
See the list of 37 compositions by Johann C. Schmid.
NEW YORK, 1912, April 6.
The Whitney-Warner Co.'s edition of teaching music, which has met with a cordial reception on the part of
dealers and teachers on account of the high quality of the music offered and the attractive manner in
which it is presented, is being constantly strengthened by the addition of new numbers by composers of
recognized ability. Among the recent additions to the Whitney-Warner list are "Awakening of the Soul," a
brilliant piano solo by Dorma St. John; "Dance of the Woodbird," mazurka-caprice, by Carl Heinrich
Leonhardi; "Autumn Glow," a reverie, by Clayton Hallowell, and "Drumsticks," a clever characteristic
march by Paul E. Embrock.
Compare this 1912 April 6 entry with that for 1912 January 13.
NEW YORK, 1912, May 11.
The Whitney-Warner Publishing Co. is meeting with continued success with its line of piano compositions,
especially designed for the use of teachers and students. The number for which there has been the strongest
demand are "Mission Bells," the captivating descriptive tone poem by Marie Louka, and the "Awakening of
the Soul," a meditation brilliante, by Dorma St. John. The Whitney-Warner edition is being enlarged slowly
but surely, no title being added to the catalog until its worth and fitness has been proven.

NEW YORK, 1912, June 15.
Among the new numbers to be exploited by Jerome H. Remick & Co., in the near future will be "At the Gate
of the Palace of Dreams," by Johann C. Schmid and with lyrics by Charles E. Baer, a ballad with is confidently
expected to exceed in popularity the famous "Garden of Roses," by the same composer.
See the list of 37 compositions by Johann C. Schmid.
NEW YORK, 1913, March 1.
Johann C. Schmid states that the Whitney-Warner Co. edition of teaching music has been adopted by over
forty convents, seminaries for girls and other institutions where the piano is taught. Mr. Schmid will shortly
take a trip to Baltimore and Washington for the purpose of interesting teachers and the trade in those cities
in the edition, which has proven so successful during its first year. A recent addition to the Whitney-Warner
staff of composers is Elizabeth K. Peal, a composer and teacher of note in Philadelphia, whose first number,
a waltz, "Thoughts of Spring," has been well received, and who is preparing other numbers for publication.
A 1940 copyright renewal of "Thoughts of Spring" claims that Elizabeth K. Peall was a pseudonym of Johann C. Schmid.
NEW YORK, 1914, October 24.
THE REVIEW HEARS... THAT Sam Speck and Johann Schmid, both formerly connected with Remick & Co.,
have formed a partnership for publishing music in New York under the name of the Cosmopolitan Music Co.
See the list of 37 compositions by Johann C. Schmid.
PHILADELPHIA, PA., 1915, June 23.
Weymann & Sons, who have been active as publishers for a number of years, have sold their copyrights and
plates of the famous Marie Louka selections to Volkwein Bros., Pittsburgh. These include the popular sellers
"Silent Prayer" and "Dance of the Dew Drops." There were twelve other numbers. They will discontinue the
publishing of music, as the manufacturing end and the Victrola business has increased so rapidly that it has
compelled them to devote all their attention to these lines.
See the list of 14 Marie Louka compositions sold to Volkwein Bros. in 1915.
PITTSBURGH, PA., 1915, October 5.
The sheet music section of Volkwein Bros., 516 Smithfield street, reports that the Marie Louka compositions,
purchased recently from Weymann & Sons, Philadelphia, are selling big. They consist of fourteen semi-classical
compositions for the piano, and were originally published by Weymann & Sons, who have sold the entire rights
to Volkwein Bros.
In 1932, Volkwein Bros. published two arrangements of "Dance of the Dewdrops" by Marie Louka:
(1) for piano 4 hands by Fred A. Schiefelbein; (2) for full orchestra by Frank A. Panella.
NEWARK, N. J., 1917, April 16.
The spendidly equipped plant of the Herbert Co., which it will be remembered recently retired from the
business of manufacturing music rolls in this city, has been sold to the Rose Valley Co., of Media, Pa. The
entire music cutting machinery in the Herbert plant is now being shipped this week to the Rose Valley Co.
and placed in their factory in Media.

NEW YORK, 1917, April 21.
One of the prominent figures in the world of popular music a very few years ago was Johann C. Schmid, who as
a member of the organization of Jerome H. Remick & Co., composed a number of distinctly popular songs and
instrumental selections, among them being the hit: "Garden of Dreams." Mr. Schmid also shone as a composer
and compiler of teaching editions, his thorough knowledge of music well qualifying him for that work. Sometime
ago Mr. Schmid dropped out of sight of his friends in the sheet music trade, and beyond the announcement that
he was engaged in other pursuits near his home city, Philadelphia, his later activities were unknown to many.
The Review scout has discovered Mr. Schmid doing mighty well in another line of the music trade. In other
words, instead of composing music he now sells it in the shape of music rolls, being general manager of the
Rose Valley Co., successful music roll manufacturers in Media, Pa. Mr. Schmid is therefore supporting the
interests of his friends among the music publishers and composers by providing additional royalties for
mechanical reproduction rights. He declares that selling music rolls has some advantage over composing for
the fickle public.

NEW YORK, 1917, June 30.
The affairs of the company are under the direction of a live force. C. Schoen Johnson, president of the company,
is constantly working along lines that will insure its development. G. H. Rimmington, expert accountant and
executive, is secretary and treasurer of the company, and Johann C. Schmid, in charge of the selling end, is in
addition to being a competent salesman, an expert musician and composer, and thoroughly acquainted with the
music business through long association with prominent music publishing houses, among them being J. H.
Remick & Co., New York.
See the list of 37 compositions by Johann C. Schmid.
MEDIA, PA., 1917, December 3.
The plant of the Rose Valley Co. has been materially enlarged recently to take care of the growing demand
for the company's rolls, and the departments have been rearranged under the direction of Johann C. Schmid,
vice-president of the company, in order to eliminate lost motion and speed up production.

PHILADELPHIA, PA., 1919, January 28.
The Rose Valley Co., who during the past few years have manufactured Ideal music rolls at Media, Pa., and
have built up a substantial business with that line, are now carrying on plans to move thir plant to this city and
to triple the output of their rolls, the demands for which have for a long time exceeded the available supply.
The company has leased a large building at Fifty-fifth and Hunter streets, with a floor space of 48,000 square
feet, and equipped with a complete power plant and other modern features. Arrangements have been made to
move the entire plant from Media to Philadelphia late in February, and to be turning out rolls in the new factory
well before March 1.

PHILADELPHIA, PA., 1919, April 21.
The Rose Valley Co. is now located in its new and commodious factory building at Fifty-fifth street and Hunter
avenue, this city, to which the company removed from Media some weeks ago. The new plant provides for a
very substantial increase in output, of which full advantage is being taken at this particular time. The arranging
department is under the direction of Ellis Linder, who was formerly connected with several well-known music
roll manufacturers.

NEW YORK, 1919, August 30.
Johann C. Schmid, who in years agone composed many songs and instrumental numbers that have ranked as
big hits, has entered the ranks of jazz artists, and is responsible for the melody of a new number, "That
Heavenly Jazz" (The Religious Blues), which is to be produced as a word roll by the Rose Valley Music Co.,
Philadelphia, of which Mr. Schmid is now general manager.

piano rolls of Marie Louka compositions and arrangements

sold by the Melville Clark Piano Co. in 1905
The Rajah

sold by the Herbert Co. in 1914
The Rajah
In 1917 the Herbert Co. was sold to the Rose Valley Music Co.
sold by the Globe Co. in 1919
Birds and Breezes — Cupid's Dart — Dance of the Dewdrops — Fire and Flame — Ocean Spray

sold by the Rose Valley Music Co.
The Captain General (Ideal 1177)
Japanese Fire Dance (Ideal 1202)		 The North American (1917)
Cupid's Dart (1924)		 Fire and Flame (1924)
Victorious Peace (1924)

Marie Louka arrangements sold by the Rose Valley Music Co. in 1925
Mother's Lullaby Songs — Songs for Childhood Games — The Arrival of Santa Claus (In Story and Song)

Flowers from the Dust © 1941 by Mills Music, Inc., New York mlfftd.mid

text by Dorothy Elder, music by Marie Louka (A.S.C.A.P.)
Night is falling, small hearts calling
For the touch of one they love
While the angels weep above.

Little ones bewildered, sleeping
Far away from trundle beds,
With the stars their lone watch keeping
O'er their weary troubled heads.

Guns of darkness, guns of darkness
Waiting there, destruction keep.
Do you dare disturb their sleep?

Hushabye, hushabye,
Dream your dreams of peace and trust.
These are the flowers from the dust.

The copyright date of this song was February 26, 1941, when Europe was engulfed in World War II,
which explains the contrast between the somber tones of this song and the joyful melodies of Marie
Louka's other compositions.

MIDI sequences and sheet music of several compositions by Marie Louka

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