Harry Von Tilzer
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Harry Von Tilzer was an American composer, songwriter, publisher and vaudeville performer.
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Von Tilzer, c. 1910
A Bird in a Gilded Cage
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"A Bird in a Gilded Cage" is a song composed by Arthur J. Lamb and Harry Von Tilzer. It was a sentimental ballad that became one of the most popular songs of 1900, reportedly selling more than two mil
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…sheet music. This prompted him to become a professional songwriter. He was made a partner of the Shapiro Bernstein Publishing Company. His 1900 number "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" became one of the biggest hits of the time. Von Tilzer became one of the best-known Tin Pan Alley songwriters. In 1902, Von Tilzer formed his own…
A bird in a gilded cage