Frank W. Meacham was born in Brooklyn, New York on May 31, 1856. While still a child his family moved to nearby New York City and Meacham spent his entire career there. He started composing at age 10, at first mainly writing songs, but soon mastered the art of arranging, a talent which led to a successful 30-year career in New York as a commercial composer and arranger. He became known as one of the best arrangers of ballad music in the United States, and also wrote numerous songs "for hire" as a ghost writer for other composers. He published several dozen original piano pieces which have...
Frank W. Meacham was born in Brooklyn, New York on May 31, 1856. While still a child his family moved to nearby New York City and Meacham spent his en...