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Vandersloot Music Publishing Company

Vandersloot Music Publishing Company was an American publisher of marches, waltzes, rags, religious music, and popular music of the Tin Pan Alley genre. The firm was founded in 1899 by Frederick William Vandersloot, Jr. (1866–1931) and his brother, Caird Melvill Vandersloot. F. W. Vandersloot was a gospel singer, composer, and choir director. In 1913, the firm was based at 233 West 3rd Street, Williamsport, Pennsylvania with an office in New York at 41 W 18th Street, an area ten blocks directly south of what then became known as Tin Pan Alley.

Vandersloot composers and lyricists
March by Charles C. Sweeley published by Vandersloot in 1904 • Carl Donaldson Vandersloot • Charles Cohen (1878–1931), rag composer • Robert Nathaniel DettCharles E. Duble, circus band composer • Raymond B. Egan, lyricist • Stephen FosterJoseph E. Howard, lyricist • Harry J. Lincoln (pseudonyms: Abe Losch, Carl Loveland, & Harry Jay) • Frank Hoyt LoseyRaymond A. Sherwood, lyricist • Andrew B. Sterling, lyricist • Charley Straight, jazz pianist == Family ==
Family
Frederick William Vandersloot, Jr., married Cora E. Vandersloot (née Elwert) on January 20, 1898. They had two sons and two daughters. One son and one daughter — Carl Donaldson Vandersloot (1898–1963) and Ruth Person Vandersloot (1904–1989) — both composed for Vandersloot Music. In 1920, Ruth married Author Taylor Eaker and composed under the pseudonym Ruth V. Hoyt, her surname borrowed from Vandersloot's editor-in-chief Frank Hoyt Losey. == References ==
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