BALLYGOWAN FLUTE BAND
Abe Holzmann
Abe Holzmann (1874-1939) was a German/American composer, who is
most famous today for his march Blaze-Away (popularised in earlier times by the
famous Irish tenor, the late Josef Locke).
Abraham Holzmann was born in New York City in August 1874. He studied at the New
York Conservatory of Music. He was an early member (1923) of the American
Society of Composers Authors and Publishers ( ASCAP). He earned his living as
composer/arranger for Tin Pan Alley publishers, including Leo Feist. He later
was advertising manager for the American Federation of Musicians publication
International Musician. He was a Mason, and member of the Elks and Knights of
Pythias, all in New York. Holzmann died in East Orange New Jersey in January
1939.