Dates

• Existence: December 23, 1886 - August 19, 1947

Biography

Lucien Denni was born in Nancy, France December 23, 1886. He moved to the United States during the early 1900’s. He married Martha Gwynne Denni (ca.1882-1949), who worked alongside Denni in many of his compositions.

For a period, Denni lived in Kansas City, MO, where he played at the Pennant Café with his orchestra. He also created the Lucien Denni Music Company with the purpose of publishing sheet music. For example, Denni’s music publishing company published Dream Love's Dream, I'll Build An Island For Love, In My Persian Garden, Love Me In The Good Old-Fashioned Way, Ragtime In Colonial Days, and Dinah Lee.

He composed An Old Fashioned Love Song, Love Boquet [sic], The Nation’s Awakening, Suppose The Rose Were You, Ocean Roll, Ragapation, Forgotten Perfumes, and among other notable works.

Lucien Denni died August 19, 1947, in Hermosa Beach, California.

Source: Kansas City Sheet Music Collection. 2006. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections, Miller Nichols Library, University of Missouri-Kansas City, MO. 27 May 2008 http://library.umkc.edu/labudde.

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