Noted concert pianist. His letters and compositions are collected at the University of Southern Mississippi.
His biography, at the website https://specialcollections.usm.edu/repositories/3/resources/94, states:
"Creighton Allen was born on March 26, 1900 to William F. and Alice Creighton Allen in Macon, Mississippi. He had ten brothers and sisters, Ben, John, Ed, Willie, Polly, Nell, Rita, Ruth, Louise and Sue.
At the age of four, Creighton began playing music by ear on the piano, and at seven, he began taking piano lessons from Ms. Edna Bush. He performed in public for the first time at age nine, and as a teenager, Creighton played the piano for silent movies at a theater.
During his senior year of high school, he moved to Shreveport, Louisiana to become the musical director of an orchestra and Director of Foster's School of Music for Young Ladies. In Shreveport, he met noted pianist Harold Bauer. In 1921, Creighton moved to New York to study with Bauer, Josef Hoffman and other distinguished artists. He performed his debut piano recital at Aeolian Hall on February 18, 1927.
Creighton Allen composed over 300 works, including the piano solo "American Cake Walk" and the song "Eldorado".
His biography, at the website https://specialcollections.usm.edu/repositories/3/resources/94, states:
"Creighton Allen was born on March 26, 1900 to William F. and Alice Creighton Allen in Macon, Mississippi. He had ten brothers and sisters, Ben, John, Ed, Willie, Polly, Nell, Rita, Ruth, Louise and Sue.
At the age of four, Creighton began playing music by ear on the piano, and at seven, he began taking piano lessons from Ms. Edna Bush. He performed in public for the first time at age nine, and as a teenager, Creighton played the piano for silent movies at a theater.
During his senior year of high school, he moved to Shreveport, Louisiana to become the musical director of an orchestra and Director of Foster's School of Music for Young Ladies. In Shreveport, he met noted pianist Harold Bauer. In 1921, Creighton moved to New York to study with Bauer, Josef Hoffman and other distinguished artists. He performed his debut piano recital at Aeolian Hall on February 18, 1927.
Creighton Allen composed over 300 works, including the piano solo "American Cake Walk" and the song "Eldorado".
Noted concert pianist. His letters and compositions are collected at the University of Southern Mississippi.
His biography, at the website https://specialcollections.usm.edu/repositories/3/resources/94, states:
"Creighton Allen was born on March 26, 1900 to William F. and Alice Creighton Allen in Macon, Mississippi. He had ten brothers and sisters, Ben, John, Ed, Willie, Polly, Nell, Rita, Ruth, Louise and Sue.
At the age of four, Creighton began playing music by ear on the piano, and at seven, he began taking piano lessons from Ms. Edna Bush. He performed in public for the first time at age nine, and as a teenager, Creighton played the piano for silent movies at a theater.
During his senior year of high school, he moved to Shreveport, Louisiana to become the musical director of an orchestra and Director of Foster's School of Music for Young Ladies. In Shreveport, he met noted pianist Harold Bauer. In 1921, Creighton moved to New York to study with Bauer, Josef Hoffman and other distinguished artists. He performed his debut piano recital at Aeolian Hall on February 18, 1927.
Creighton Allen composed over 300 works, including the piano solo "American Cake Walk" and the song "Eldorado".
His biography, at the website https://specialcollections.usm.edu/repositories/3/resources/94, states:
"Creighton Allen was born on March 26, 1900 to William F. and Alice Creighton Allen in Macon, Mississippi. He had ten brothers and sisters, Ben, John, Ed, Willie, Polly, Nell, Rita, Ruth, Louise and Sue.
At the age of four, Creighton began playing music by ear on the piano, and at seven, he began taking piano lessons from Ms. Edna Bush. He performed in public for the first time at age nine, and as a teenager, Creighton played the piano for silent movies at a theater.
During his senior year of high school, he moved to Shreveport, Louisiana to become the musical director of an orchestra and Director of Foster's School of Music for Young Ladies. In Shreveport, he met noted pianist Harold Bauer. In 1921, Creighton moved to New York to study with Bauer, Josef Hoffman and other distinguished artists. He performed his debut piano recital at Aeolian Hall on February 18, 1927.
Creighton Allen composed over 300 works, including the piano solo "American Cake Walk" and the song "Eldorado".
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