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Anthony John Stastny (b. 3 June 1885 Cleveland; d. 17 April 1923 Manhattan, New York) was an American composer and founder of one of the largest music publishing firms in North America during the 1920s — A. J. Stasny Music Co.〔''Builders of Business: A. J. Stasny, Who Found a New Way to Build Up An Old Kind of Business,'' System: The Magazine of Business, pg 68, January 1920〕〔(Richard A. Reublin, Robert L. Maine, & Beverly Maine, ''Parlor Songs: Composers of Early American Popular Music,'' ) Parlor Songs Association, Inc. (non-profit), Kingston, Washington (copyright 1997–2011)〕 Sometime after 1910, he modified the original Bohemian spelling of his surname to Stasny.〔''Anthony John Stasny, Registration No. 3018,'' World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918, FHL Roll No. 1765976, Draft Board 115〕 Stasny had also been the musical director Howard Thurston, magician.〔''Stastny Funeral Set'', Plain Dealer, March 2, 1936, pg. 9〕 == Early career == Stastny and his publishing company were originally located in Cleveland. In 1910 he relocated to New York City. He composed numerous popular songs and piano solo works. == Selected compositions == * ''Rose dreams'', song, founded on the melody of the famous Rose dreams reverie, poem by J.R. Shannon, music by A.J. Stasny (1916) * ''The Cactus and the Rose: a Western Idyl'', by A.J. Stastny & M.T. Bohannon, A.J. Stastny Music Co. (1918) * ''Dance Of The Moon Birds'', by A. J. Stanstny, A. J. Stastny Music Co., Cleveland (1911) * ''High Stepper March & Two Step'', arr. by A. L. Maresh (1907) * ''An Arabian Fantasy'' (1923) * ''Don't Waste Your Tears Over Me'', words and music by A.J. Stasny (1923) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anthony J. Stastny」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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