Judges: Charlie Horwitz, Harry Von Tilzer, Gus Edwards Selected discography ģ8467-1 ( matrix) - 'Everybody two-step', by Wallie Herzer OCLC 4536144 Reissues (i) Vintage Jazz Mart (Europe) VLP2 & (ii) Smithsonian Folkways RF24 Recorded in New York City Decem38466 ( matrix) - 'Battle of San Juan Hill', composed by Mike Bernard OCLC 4536129 Recorded in New York City, probably December 2, 1912ģ8465-1 ( matrix) - 'Fantasy on Pilgrims' Chorus from Tannhauser', 'Finale to Rubinstein's E Flat Concerto' OCLC 84340026 Recorded in New York City Decem38474-1 ( matrix) - 'Fantasy On Mendelssohn's Spring Song', ' Rubinstein's Melody In F' OCLC 84487091 Recorded in New York City December 4, 1912ģ8472-1 ( matrix) - 'That Peculiar Rag', by Barney Fagan OCLC 807049659 Recorded in New York City Decem38478 ( matrix) - 'Medley Of Ted Snyder's Hits' OCLC 79686914 January 30, 1906: Winner, Ragtime Piano Contest.January 23, 1900: Winner, Ragtime Piano Contest, Tammany Hall.Roberts, Max Kortlander, Frank Banta, Victor Arden, Phil Ohman, Zez Confrey, Charley Straight, and Roy Bargy. Artists considered part of the 'Mike Bernard school' include Pete Wendling, Lee S. His style, flashy and fast, influenced the white ragtime composers of Tin Pan Alley but was often looked down upon by the admirers of the 'genuine ragtime' that issued from African-American communities.

Mike still managed to work in increasingly smaller venues through the 1920s, last performing at Bill's Gay Nineties in Manhattan just weeks before his death. He was considered for a spot with the Original Dixieland Jazz Band in 1918 after pianist Henry Ragas died in the Spanish influenza outbreak, but the job ended up going to J. While he played in vaudeville pretty much continuously from the late 1890s through the late 1910s, his style mostly fell out of favor by the onset of the jazz age. He soon became known as one of the best ragtime performers in the country, billing himself as the 'Rag Time King of the World.' A white musician with little exposure to the African-American roots of ragtime, he pioneered a style of music that appealed to the public but is often derided by purists as 'pseudo-ragtime.' He was one of the first to record ragtime piano styles, working for Columbia Records starting in 1912. At age twenty-one, back in New York, he heard Ben Harney (the self-proclaimed 'inventor of ragtime') perform, and decided to compete against him. Michael studied at the Berlin Conservatory and once reportedly played before the Kaiser. He had one older brother, Harry, born in 1873. Career Ī musical child prodigy born in New York City, Michael Barnet Brown was the son of decorator and wallpaper dealer Julius S. Mike Bernard (né Michael Barnet Brown Ma– June 27, 1936) was an American musician who influenced the development of ragtime-era music.

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