E. T. Paull


Edward Taylor Paull was an American composer, arranger, and sheet music publisher.

Personal life

He was born in Gerrardstown, in what is now West Virginia, and died in Brooklyn, NY.

Musical career

He had some success with a few titles which enabled him to set up his own self-publishing company. His music was intended for the piano sheet music trade.
His first publication was for the Richmond Music Company in Richmond, VA where he was general manager. The first publication was The Chariot Race or Ben Hur March with a full-color cover. Paull's success with Ben Hur, prompted him to use it in his marketing as he moved into the music teaching market and the phonograph manufacturing business.
He began publishing in 1894, specializing in marches. He is known for his 1905 march entitled, Paul Revere's Ride which was dedicated to the Daughters of the American Revolution.
In order to sell music, the music was marketed with uniquely colorful front cover illustrations to catch the eye of buyers. He was the first music publisher to use five-color lithography for his sheet music. For this reason alone, music published by his firm has become highly collectible in the modern era and has latterly aroused interest in the composer.
To further boost sales, he marketed his music as "descriptives" and ascribed certain sections of the music to allude to certain depictions of events on the cover illustration. This type of publication alludes to its being comparable to program music whilst never achieving the requisite complexity. The marketing of the pieces as "descriptives" enabled the same music to be sold a second time around to the wide market of beginner-level pianists who had been accustomed to fare of this kind since Pridham's "Battle March of Delhi" in the mid-19th century. On this musical level, his true contemporaries were the British writers Ezra Read and Theo Bonheur of the same period.
After Paull's death, his publishing company merged into Pioneer Music in 1925 to form Paull-Pioneer Music. Shawnee Press acquired Paull-Pioneer Music in 1952.

Compositions

[Image:Chariotrace42st.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Cover of E.T. Paull's Chariot Race March (1896)]

1894

  • ''The Chariot Race or Ben Hur March''

1895

  • The Old Man's Story
  • ''The Stranger's Story Song, or Why Do Our Loved Ones Leave Us''

1896

  • Charge of the Light Brigade
  • The Della Fox Little Trooper March
  • The Elk's Grand March
  • Get Off Cuba's Toes
  • Great New York
  • Loan Me A Nickel
  • The New York and Coney Island Cycle March
  • The Stranger's Story Waltz
  • Sweet Rosa Dugan From Hogan's Alley
  • What Might Have Been
  • Whisper Again Sweet I Love You
  • ''You'll Always Find A Welcome For You At Home Sweet Home''

1898

  • America Forever! March
  • He's Goin' to Hab a Hot Time Bye & Bye
  • The Ice Palace March
  • If You Were Only By My Side
  • Uncle Jasper's Jubilee
  • ''We'll Stand by the Flag''

1899

  • ''A Warmin' Up In Dixie''

1900

1901

  • Our Wedding Bells Will Ring Out Some Day
  • When Johnny Goes A Camping
  • ''The Witch's Whirl''

1902

  • ''The Storm King''

1903

  • ''The Burning of Rome''

1904

1905

  • The Jolly Blacksmiths
  • Paul Revere's Ride and

1906

  • ''Silver Sleigh Bells''

1907

  • The Triumphant Banner
  • ''The Masquerade''

1908

1909

  • Lincoln Centennial Grand March
  • ''The Dashing Cavaliers''

1912

  • The Roaring Volcano
  • ''Ring Out, Wild Bells''

1913

  • ''Kaiser Jubilee March''

1914

  • Paull's Hesitiation Waltz
  • ''Herald of Peace March''

1915

1916

  • ''Woman Forever''

1917

  • ''Battle of Gettysburg''

1918

  • Pershing's Crusaders
  • Hurrah! For the Liberty Boys, Hurrah!
  • Words and music by Harry Kennedy. Re-arranged and revised by Paull. ''Say "au revoir" but not good bye.''

1919

  • American Wedding March
  • ''Spirit of France''

1922

  • Sheridan's Ride
  • ''Custer's Last Charge''

1924

1926

  • ''Top of the World''