Egbert VanAlstyne

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Egbert VanAlstyne
A precocious and gifted child, little Egbert played the organ in church at the age of seven and soon was granted a scholarship to the Chicago Musical College, a prestigious academy specializing in the traditions of European Classical music. Yet fate and social environment determined that Van Alstyne would become a composer of popular songs, feeding hits to the sheet music industry and providing vaudeville entertainers with topical ditties. In 1900 he capitalized upon a burgeoning trend and came...
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