Philip Braham

English composer Philip Braham is most beneficial remembered for the jazz regular “Limehouse Blues,” which includes been documented by countless artists over time. Given birth to in 1881, Braham began composing for English theatrical revues in the 1910s, many made by Andre Charlot. In a few of his first efforts, Braham added extra music to Theodore & Co. and See-Saw in 1916. 1918’s Tails Up discovered him dealing with lyricists Hugh E. Wright and Douglas Furber; for 1921’s A to Z, he teamed with lyricists Ronald Denim jeans and Dion Titheradge. His most effective partnership, nevertheless, was with Douglas Furber, with whom he co-wrote “GIVEN THAT THERE IS You” and, especially, 1922’s “Limehouse Blues.” “Limehouse Blues” was debuted in Andre Charlot’s Revue of 1924 by Noel Coward associate Gertrude Lawrence, on the way to learning to be a jazz staple. In 1925, Braham added music to 1 of Coward’s previously stage attempts, On Using the Dance; the same 12 months, he teamed up with John Hastings Turner to create Bubbly. Additional lyricists Braham caused included Eric Blore, Reginald Douglas Brownsmith, and Anthony Lowry. In the first ’30s, Braham relocated into movies, providing as the musical movie director at Wembley Studios for a number of films. Nevertheless, his profession was cut brief by his early loss of life in 1934.