Mose Gumble

Moses Edwin Gumble (b. North Vernon, September 14, 1876 - d. Ekton, Illinois, September 28, 1947) -- Pianist, songwriter, composer, and publisher. The older brother of Albert Gumble, Mose Gumble was born in North Vernon and moved with his family to Cincinnati in the 1890s. While in his Cincinnati, he developed a reputation as a late-night pianist, playing piano rags and ragging the popular songs of the day. Although not as prolific as Albert, Mose had at least eleven pieces published between 1897 and 1905. Among them were the "Japanese Rag" (1901) and the "Pipe Dream" rag (1902). His song "Mariar" was also well-known, as it was recorded on Edison Gould cylinders by his wife Clarice Vanice. In his honor, his friend Phillip Kussel wrote and published "Happy Mose," a cake walk. Mose's works circulated in Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Chicago, and New York, but he eventually focused on publishing in a non-composing role. He worked briefly in Indianapolis before going to work for Jerome H. Remick in New York as a manager and song plugger from 1904 to 1928. He later worked his own firm Donaldson, Douglas and Gumble (along with Albert) and then managed Warner Brothers operations on the East coast until his death in 1947. On the way to meet singers Dinah Shore and Rudy Vallee, Mose died of a heart on train in Ekton, Illinois.