Eliza Doyle Smith Explained

Eliza Doyle Smith
Birth Name:Eliza Ann Doyle
Birth Date:July 7, 1859
Birth Place:Grand Rapids, Michigan
Death Date:October 16, 1932 (age 73)
Death Place:Oak Park, Illinois
Occupation:Songwriter, composer, music publisher

Eliza Ann Doyle Smith (July 7, 1859 – October 16, 1932) was an American songwriter, composer, and sheet-music publisher, based in Chicago.

Early life and education

Eliza Ann Doyle was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the daughter of Michael Doyle and Elizabeth Doyle. Her parents were both born in Ireland. She studied music in Cologne.

Career

Smith wrote operettas and poetry as a young woman. She owned and ran a sheet-music publishing company, based in Chicago.[1] [2] She published her own songs, and works by other songwriters, including Harlan Tarbell[3] [4] and John Loftus.[5] [6] "When I decided to go into the popular song writing I decided that success would come if I wrote songs fit to enter American homes but with the pep that modern youth demands and then let the world know of my goods by insistent advertising," she explained in a 1922 interview.

Publications

Unless otherwise specified, titles below are songs written and composed by Smith.

Personal life

Eliza Doyle married Edgar Poe Smith. They had two daughters, Pauline and Marguerite.[18] [19] She died in 1932, in Oak Park, Illinois, at the age of 73.[20]

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=v5VQAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Eliza+Doyle+Smith%22&pg=RA17-PA50 "Policy of Writing Songs to Fit Every American Home is Secret of Chicago Publisher's Success"
  2. News: 1919-11-25 . By Our Irish Reporter: 'The Crippled Songbird'; Adventurer Interviews Crippled Girl . 3 . Suburbanite Economist . 2023-03-24 . Newspapers.com.
  3. Tarbell, Harlan and Frederick G. Johnson, "Jonah" (sheet music published in 1922 by Eliza Doyle Smith).
  4. June 10, 1922 . 'Jonah' New Eliza Doyle Smith Number . The Music Trades . 63 . 153.
  5. Web site: Loftus . John . 1922 . I'd give it all for you / words & music by John Loftus. . en-US.
  6. Loftus . John . 1923-01-01 . Misty Moon . Mississippi State University Libraries, Sheet Music Collection.
  7. Smith, Eliza Doyle, "'When Uncle Sam caught the Kaiser'" (1917) Harris Broadsides, Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library.
  8. Web site: Smith . Eliza Doyle . 097.103 - United States Democracy March. A Patriotic Song for America . 2023-03-24 . Levy Music Collection.
  9. February 14, 1920 . Chicago Capitulates to Famous Recitalists . Musical America . 31 . 26.
  10. July 23, 1920 . Eileen Donnelly Presents Songs by the Chicago Composer, Eliza Doyle Smith . Music News . 12 . 2 . 4.
  11. June 3, 1922 . 'Sweet Norah Daly' Wins Favor Throughout Country . Music Trades . 63 . 36.
  12. Smith, Eliza Doyle. "Stop Looking at Me!" (sheet music), Indiana State University Libraries.
  13. Book: Smith . Eliza Doyle . Little Darling Marguerite . Smith . Eliza Doyle . 1919 . Eliza Doyle Smith . en.
  14. November 1920 . Eliza Doyle Smith, Chicago, Ill. . The Musician . 25 . 28.
  15. Book: Smith, Eliza Doyle . Dance me on your knee . 1920 . Chicago, Ill. : Eliza Doyle Smith . Harold B. Lee Library.
  16. Web site: 41.09.15 - Music, Sheet (43712) - Artifacts from our Collection . 2023-03-24 . Waseca County History Center.
  17. April 8, 1922 . Chicago Publisher Announces New Song . Music Trades . 63 . 15 . 46.
  18. News: 1920-04-11 . A Visitor: Eliza Doyle Smith . 18 . Omaha Daily Bee . 2023-03-24 . Newspapers.com.
  19. News: 1920-05-09 . Attractive Groups . 13 . Omaha Daily Bee . 2023-03-24 . Newspapers.com.
  20. News: 1932-10-17 . Obituary for Elizabeth Ann Smith . 24 . Chicago Tribune . 2023-03-25 . Newspapers.com.

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