John Klenner Explained

John Klenner (24 February 1899 – 13 August 1955) was a German-born American pianist, composer, and lyricist. He composed both classical and popular music and is best known for writing the song "Just Friends" with Sam M. Lewis in 1931.

Compositions

Concertante

• Fantasia for viola and orchestra

Vocal

• "Japansy" (c.1928) written with Alfred Bryan^[1]
• "My Window of Dreams" (c.1928) written with Alfred Bryan^[2]
• "Down the River of Golden Dreams" (1930)
• "Heartaches" (1931) (lyrics; music composed by Al Hoffman^[3])
• "Just Friends" (1931)
• "Round the Bend of the Road" (1932)
• "Smoke Dreams" (1937)
• "Let's Go Back to the Bible" (written with Bob Miller)^[4]
• "My Old Brown Fiddle" (words and music)
• "My Old Canadian Home" (written with Wilf Carter and Bob Miller)
• "My Mother's Roses" (written with Bob Miller)
• "On the Street of Regret" (1942)
• "Summer Moon", lyrics for a Leeds Music Corporation 1947 adaptation of the Princesses' Round Dance (actually a Russian folksong In The Garden) licensed from Igor Stravinsky's The Firebird; the music was likely arranged by Lou Singer)^{[5] [6]}

Notes

1. Book: Caesar . Irving . Crazy Rhythm . Meyer . Joseph . Kahn . Roger Wolfe . Harms Inc . 1928 . New York . 11.
2. Book: The Canadian Patent Office Record and Register of Copyrights and Trade Marks . June 26, 1928 . Patent Office . XV . en.
3. Book: Tyler, Don . Hit Songs, 1900-1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era . 2007-04-16 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-2946-2 . 296 . en.
4. Book: Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions . 1945 . Library of Congress, Copyright Office. . 321–695 . en.
5. Book: White, Eric Walter . Stravinsky: The Composer and His Works . 1979 . University of California Press . 154 . en.
6. Book: Walsh, Stephen . Stravinsky: The Second Exile: France and America, 1934–1971 . 2008-03-03 . University of California Press . 978-0-520-25615-6 . 206 . en.

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