Leo Feist | |
|---|---|
 Leo Feist Photo from Music Trade Review, 1922[1] | |
| Born | January 3, 1869 |
| Died | June 21, 1930 (aged 61) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Executive |
| Spouse |
Bessie Meyer (m. 1904) |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Felix F. Feist (brother) Felix E. Feist (nephew) Raymond E. Feist (great-nephew) |
Leopold Feist (January 3, 1869, New York City or Mount Verson, New York[2] – June 21, 1930, Mount Vernon, New York), was a pioneer in the popular music publishing business.[3] In 1897, Feist founded and ran a music publishing firm bearing his name. In the 1920s, at the height of the golden age of popular music, his firm was among the seven largest publishers of popular music in the world.[4][5][6][7] The company used the motto "You can't go wrong, with any FEIST Song."[8]
- ^ Leo Feist Celebrates 25th Business Anniversary Archived March 11, 2023, at the Wayback Machine Music Trade Review (journal), Vol. 75, No. 13, September 23, 1922, pg. 44
- ^ "Leo Feist Collection - Guides to Special Collections in the Music Division of the Library of Congress" (PDF). Library of Congress. 1999.
- ^ Press, The Associated (November 20, 1996). "Leonard Feist, Music Executive, 85". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
- ^ "Leo Feist Dead; Music Publisher," The New York Times, June 22, 1930
- ^ The New Grove Dictionary of American Music (Feist is in Vol. 2 of 4), H. Wiley Hitchcock & Stanley Sadie (eds.), London: Macmillan Press (1986); OCLC 13184437
- ^ Tin Pan Alley: An Encyclopedia of the Golden Age of American Song (new ed.), by David Alan Jasen (born 1937), New York: Routledge (2003) (biography contains portrait); OCLC 51631299
- ^ Biographical Dictionary of American Music, by Charles Eugene Claghorn (1911–2005), West Nyack, New York: Parker Publishing Co. (1973); OCLC 609781
- ^ "Pal of my cradle days : A beautiful, mother waltz ballad".