Gene Buck

Edward Eugene Buck (August 7, 1885 – February 24, 1957) was an American illustrator of sheet music, musical theater lyricist, and president of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).

Quotes

• That Shakesperian rag,—
  Most intelligent, very elegant,
  That old classical drag,
  Has the proper stuff, the line, "Lay on MacDuff,"
  Desdemona was the colored pet,
  Romeo loved his Juliet—
  And they were some lovers, you can bet, and yet,
  I know if they were here today,
  They'd Grizzly Bear in a diff'rent way,
  And you'd hear old Hamlet say,
  "To be or not to be,"
  That Shakesperian rag.
  • "That Shakespearean Rag" (1912) Chorus. Lyrics by Gene Buck and Herman Ruby; music by Dave Stamper. Compare: T. S. Eliot, The Waste Land, pt. 2 (1922)

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Gene Buck on Wikipedia