Felix Arndt

Who was Felix Arndt?

Felix Arndt was an American pianist and composer of popular music. His mother was the Countess Fevrier, related to Napoleon III.

Educated in New York, Arndt composed songs for the famous vaudeville team of Jack Norworth and Nora Bayes, and recorded over 3000 piano rolls for Duo-Art and QRS Records. He died in New York city aged 29 during the Spanish Flu pandemic.

Arndt is best remembered for his 1915 composition, "Nola", written as an engagement gift to his fiancee, Nola Locke. It is sometimes considered to be the first example of the novelty piano or "novelty ragtime" genre, published by Sam Fox Publishing Company. It was the signature theme of the Vincent Lopez orchestra, and a top ten hit for Les Paul in 1950.

Felix Arndt piano solos

⁕71st Regiment - Waltz

⁕A Symphonic Nightmare - Desecration Rag #1

⁕From Soup to Nuts - One Step Turkey Trot

⁕Kakuda - One Step Turkey Trot

⁕Marionette

⁕Nola

⁕Toots - Rag One Step

⁕An Operatic Nightmare - Desecration Rag #2

⁕Clover Club - Fox Trot

Felix Arndt songs

⁕As Long As the Band Will Play - 1911