About Benjamin M. Jerome
Lived 1881 – 1938 (aged 56–57). Benjamin M. Jerome was an American composer, pianist and songwriter.
Benjamin M. Jerome (1881 – March 29, 1938), was an American composer, arranger, lyricist, songwriter, pianist, and conductor. In his early career he worked in New York City as a Tin Pan Alley composer of popular music, and was a notable arranger of ragtime music. He also composed music and/or wrote lyrics to several musicals staged on Broadway.
Jerome died in Chicago on March 29, 1938, after a five-day illness. Broadway premiere at the Sam H. Harris Theatre on October 3, 1927
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Benjamin M. Jerome was born in 1881.
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Benjamin M. Jerome died in 1938.
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Benjamin M. Jerome was a composer, pianist and songwriter.
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Benjamin M. Jerome was American.
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