Richard, Alonzo Leopold 'Leo' 26.apr.1883-19.sep.1954 Canada, Ottawa - USA Illinois, Chicago
pianist, theatre organist, arranger, 10.oct.1892 his family emigrated to the USA arriving at Detroit Michigan settling in Chicago, 1910 as pianist residing at 6022 Princeton Avenue in Chicago, 1914-1915 as musician residing at 437 East 45th Place in Chicago, 15.apr.1915 naturalized American, 1917 residing at 3534/6359 Washtenaw Avenue in Chicago and as organist employed at the Fairfield Theatre of Edward Kounovsky at 22nd Street Chicago, 1920 as organist residing at 5010 Vincennes Avenue Chicago, between September 1919 and May 1922 he published nearly thousand compositions, all published and copyrighted by the Chicago publisher Legters, 1930-1940 as theatre organist residing at 1916 West 64th Street Chicago, 1942-1945 boarding with his daughter Beatrice and Theodore Radius at 5624 Winchester Avenue Chicago and employed with Richard Bros. Variety West 54th Randolph Street Chicago ; son of professor of languages Louis Ferdinand Honore Richard (France 9.feb.1845-8.jul.1932 Chicago) and Delphine Boule (Illinois, St Anne 9.feb.1856-12.jul.1932 Chicago) ; brother of composer Calvin Hector ; 4.sep.1906 he married Elizabeth Genevieve St Denis (Michigan Muskegon, Lakeside 26.mar.1887-26.apr.1942 Chicago)

Title Parts


[] The buckeye state (Ohio). Song
words Robert C. Lemon
copyright Robert C. Lemon 1921
pub Legters Music Co., Chicago Illinois
[Robert Clayton Lemon (Wheelersburg Ohio 12jul1883-31aug1949 Quincy Illinois) ; 1917-1920 minister Baptist church New Haven Connecticut ; 1930-1942 minister Christian church Chicago]

[] Just one little sigh of gladness
words Ted Reinewald, Pittsburgh
pub Legters Music Co., Chicago 8sep1919

[] Hello Miss Liberty
words Cornelia. L. Claxton, Hale Center Texas
pub Legters Music Co., Chicago 25sep1919

[] I miss my mother
words by Maude V. D. Crosby, Jackson Michigan
pub Legters Music Co., Chicago 8oct1919

[] I miss my boy
words Emma J. Carpenter, Portsmouth, Ohio
pub Legters Music Co., Chicago 13oct1919

[] The house hunting blues
words Mrs. P. R. Herrington
copyright Mrs. P. R. Herrington, Pensacola Florida 6feb1920

[] Blues, some blues
words S. W. Simons
copyright W. S. Simons, St Louis 3jul1920
pub Legters Music Co., Chicago Illinois

[] Meet me to-night in our dream world
words Ottie C. Crist
pub Legters Music Co., Chicago Illinois 1921

[] The sheeny and the lost shekel
words J. H. B. Scheuyeaule
pub Legters Music Co., Chicago Illinois 1921

[] God's message to the warring nations
words A. C. P. Gott
pub Legters Music Co., Chicago Illinois 1921

[] I love you because you're you. Ballad. Foxtrot. Voice and piano
words L. T. Kunde
pub Kunde & Albert, Milwaukee 1921

[] Give our boys a bonus. World War 1914-1918 veteran song. Voice and piano
words Mrs. G. Steveson
pub Legters Music Co., Chicago 1921

[] Sinking of the Titanic. Song
words S. E. Penn
pub Legters Music Co., Chicago 1921

[] The chicken's got the calico blue
words Coy Clark
pub Legters Music Co., Chicago 1921

[] Mother dear, I'm sad and lonely. Waltz ballad
words May Bell Andrews
pub May Bell Andrews, Eldred, Pennsylvania 1922

[] When the autumn leaves were falling
words O. F. Ward
pub Legters Music Co., Chicago Illinois 1922

[] The old prairie town "In old South Dakota where I long to be". Voice and piano
words Nellie Brazzell
pub Legters Music Co., Chicago 1922

[] Springfield. Voice, piano and mixed choir
words Rose Riefler
pub R. Riefler, Springfield Illinois 1936

[] Sentiments for Franklin D. Roosevelt
words Marie A. Amberger
pub M. A. Amberger, Gloucester NJ 1938

[] Beautiful sunsets in paradise. Song
copyright A. Leopold Richard 15apr1945
pub John Walker, Montclair New Jersey

[] Spring is in my heart
words Mary Lewing, music Leo Richard 1945

[] Just one little sign of gladness. Song
words Ted Reinewald

[] Sons of Ireland
words W. Funis

the following compositions are collaborations of Leo and Hector Richard  
[] To hell with war. 1939
words Edna E. Heasman
ms in the Marian Anderson Collection of Music Manuscripts

[] My mother's smile
words Adolph Housefield
pub A. O. Huseby, 1939

[] O give me back springtime. 1940
[] Just an empty house in the Valley. 1940
[] Memories. City on a hill. 1940
[] Forever
words E. Mae Llewellyn
pub Emil F. Isenberg, Troy Illinois 1940

[] Let's not go over there
words Harry Decker
pub Success Music Company, Aurora Illinois 1940

[] Desert moon
words Mary B. Pierce
pub Success Music Company, Aurora Illinois 1940

[] A picture with heaven for it's frame. 1940
[] Mother so dear. 1941
[] To my mother
words Eva Pennington
pub Success Music Co., Aurora Illinois 1941

[] The flags of freedom (shall wave together for evermore). 1942
words H. J. S. Reynolds

[] America wake up!
words Rachelle D. LeFevre
pub Success Music Co., Aurora Illinois 1942

[] Springtime in Wisconsin. 1943
[] You are truly our liberty. 1943
[] Dreaming of you. 1943
[] Glistening like stars. 1943
[] When thou art near
words Beryl Berney
pub Success Music Co., Aurora Illinois 1943

[] To France
words Della McBride
pub Success Music Co., Aurora Illinois 1943

[] Watch your Uncle. March
words Norman W. Howard
pub Colonial Music House, Bath Maine 1943

[] I love that land of liberty
words John P. Vuln
pub John P. Vuln, St Louis Missouri 1943

[] Kiss me, Bill
words Bernard Otis Yetter
pub Success Music, Aurora Illinois 1943

[] Pretty Susan Lane. 1943
[] My soldier boy far away
words Gloria M. Sacco
pub Success Music Co., Aurora Illinois 1944

[] Keep the star spangled banner unfurled. March for voice and piano
words Louisa May Muffley
pub Success Music Co., Aurora Illinois 1944

[] Forward, forces of the red, white and blue
words Warner Jackson
pub Success Music Co., Aurora Illinois 1944

[] Hello Central, call Berlin
words Edward Kiehl
pub Success Music Co., Aurora Illinois 1944

[] A soldier's leave
words Helen Brunner
pub Success Music Co., Aurora Illinois 1944

[] That old glory may keep flying
dedicated to The Gold Star Mothers of America
words Maude I. Hale
pub Success Music Co., Aurora Illinois 1944

[] When Hitler telephones for help
words William S. Anderson
pub Success Music Co., Aurora Illinois 1945

[] You
words Madeline Chase
pub Success Music Co., Aurora Illinois 1945

[] I'm wearing my heart on my sleeve for you
dedicated to my soldier sons and their wives
words Fleeta Grace Pettet Holcombe
pub Success Music Co., Aurora Illinois 1945

[] Our patriotic shrine
words Taylor Alexander
pub T. Alexander, St Paul Minnesota 1946

[] Glorious Christmas. 1946
words Matilda Hamann Abbee

[] If I had my way
words Florence Williams
pub Martin & Morris Music Studio, Chicago Illinois 1950

[] Don't you wish you could be like a bud
words Frank Clarence Lowry
pub Rev. Frank C. Lowry, 1951

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