Albert John "A.J." Weidt

 


Albert John "A.J." Weidt
Born: February 15, 1866, Buffalo, NY
Died: December 9, 1945, Newark, NJ

Plaza Hotel, Boston, MA - 1917

AJ WEIDT'S MUSIC

Montclair, NJ - 1929

ME MELLICAN MAN - A PIGTAIL RAG
(1913) - This rag was written for guitar in 1913 by A. J. Weidt and first appeared in the magazine "Cadenza" which was published in Boston, Massachusetts between 1894 and 1924. Mr. Weidt is said to have contributed a number of pieces to this magazine including one entitled "Cold Molasses Rag"

COLD MOLASSES RAG


CHAIN OF DAISES
A. J. Weidt - - Walter Jacobs - 1910 Waltz

GLORIANA
1910,

 
COLORED GUARDS, THE
1903 by Weidt & Walter Jacobs. Another fine composition by AJ Weidt. A special thanks to Fred Miller, an ABF member, for preparing the MIDI file presented here.

KALOOLA
A nice little number that was published in 1905 by Walter Jacobs, Boston, MA. AJ Weidt was born in Buffalo, NY and had begun the study of the violin at the age of eight. In 1908 he was actively teaching and directing several fretted instrument clubs in Newark, NJ. Weidt's pieces are, typically, very well composed and fairly easy to play.

KOONVILLE KOONLETS
1899 - As in many compositions of the era this piece is listed as �a characteristic cakewalk and two-step march.� The quote points out that the popular music of the era could be used in various styles and the dancers would do the dance step that suited them. The piece uses the cakewalk rhythm and is written in the musical form of a marc, the form that was used in early ragtime. The melody is simple and like most cakewalks it is charming and easily remembered.

SWEET CORN
1908 or 1923

YANKEE DANDY
a catchy selection by AJ Weidt & Walter Jacobs

ONION RAG: A BERMUDA ESSENCE
Up-tempo rag scored for xylophone, marimba (two players - one instrument) and drum set. Can be opened up for extended drum solo, all mallet parts require three mallets.

FLYING CLOUD
 

RED ROVER MARCH
simple but very effective composition (recorded by Fred Determann's father & "The New Criterion Banjo Orchestra") on the CD: "A Banjo Oddity", Hal Allert was the orchestra leader

ALBUM
"All The Rage / Nashville Mandolin Ensemble"
Gloriana
Sweet Corn

SONGS ARRANGED BY AJ WEIDT
Northern Lights
Ye Olden Tyme
Golden Memories
Sunflower
Pink Lemonade
Bright Eyes
Kiddikins
Golden Glow
The Colored Guard

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 106 works by Arthur J. Weidt (1866-1945).

Koonville Koonlets (1899)
 Krazy Kapers (1919) 
 The Amazon (?)
 May Belle (?) 
The Black Cupid (1900)  
 Veronica (1919) 
 Atta Boy (?) 
 Merry Moments (?)
Luella Waltz (1901)
 The Home Town Band (1920) 
 Blue Stocking (?) 
 Monday Morning Blues (?) 
The Colored Guards (1909) 
 Ole Sambo (1920) 
 The Booster (?) 
 My Lady Jazz (?) 
Kaloola (1909) 
 Why Not? (1920) 
 Boston Galop (?)
 Northern Lights (?)
Onion Rag (1909) 
 Banjo Bugs (1921)
 Boston Yodle (?) 
 The Optimist (?) 
Rag Tag (1909) 
 Japanola (1921) 
 Breath of Spring (?)
 Pert and Pretty (?) 
Yankee Dandy (1909) 
 Lightnin' (1921) 
 Bright Eyes (?)
 Ping Pong Galop (?)
Chain of Daisies (1910) 
 My Caroline (1921) 
 Castillian Beauty (?)
 Posies (?) 
Gloriana (1910)
 Pink Lemonade (1921) 
 Cold Molasses Rag (?)
 Queen of the Cross (?)
Montclair Galop (1910) 
 Jolly Sailors (1922)
 The College Boys (?)
 The Raiders (?) 
The Red Rover (1910) 
 Arion Schottische (1923)
 Cupid's Victory (?) 
 Shattered Dreams (?) 
The Speedway (1910) 
 Black Rover (1923)
 Darkies' Delight (?)
 Silvia (?)
Sweet Corn (1910) 
 Community March (1923)
 Fire-Fly (?) 
 Strolling Down a Shady Lane (?)
Phantom Bells (1911) 
 Down Main Street (1923) 
 Ger-Ma-Nee (?) 
 Summer Girl (?) 
Dat Yam Rag (1912) 
 Festival Schottische (1923)
 Golden Glow (?)
 Sunflower (?)
That Banjo Rag (1912)  
 Little Queen (1923)
 Golden Memories (?)
 Take Me Back Home, Lizzie (?) 
That Rag (1912)
Words by: A.J.
 The Marionette's Frolic (1923)
 Harmony Kid (?) 
 The Tall Cedars (?)
Kinky Koons (1913)
 My Tennessee Lou (1923)
 The Hazers (?) 
 Tommy Glynn's Polka (?)
Me Melican Man (1913) 
 Student Waltz (1923)
 The Hikers (?) 
 Turkey in the Straw (?)
Butterscotch (1914) 
 Two-In-One (1923)
 Ken-Tuc-Kee (?) 
 Two of a Kind (?)
Dance of the Moths (1914) 
 Dusty Rags (1924)
 Kentucky Moon (?) 
 Valse Unique (?)
Fanchon (1914) 
 Hodge Podge (1924)
 Kiddikins (?)
 Whyte Laydie (?) 
Kiddie Land (1915) 
 School Belles (1924)
 Light Heart (?) 
 Yankee Boys (?) 
Mos-Kee-Toe (1915) 
 Got 'Cha (1925)
 The Lillies of the Valley Waltz (?) 
 Ye Olden Tyme (?)
Joy Boy (1916)
 Junior High (1927) 
 Long Run Galop (?)
  
Hitting the High Spots (1918) 
 Airy Fairy (?)  Maid to Order (?)