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Regional anthem of California | |
Lyrics | Francis Beatty Silverwood, 1913 |
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Music | Abraham Franklin Frankenstein, 1913 |
Published | 1913 |
Adopted | April 26, 1951 |
Readopted | 1987 |
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"I Love You, California" (instrumental) |
"I Love You, California" is the state song and regional anthem of the U.S. state of California, originally published in 1913. It was adopted in 1951 and reconfirmed in 1987 as the official state song.
The lyrics were written by Francis Beatty Silverwood (1863–1924), a Los Angeles clothier,[1][2] and the words were subsequently put to music by Abraham Franklin Frankenstein (1873–1934),[3] then conductor of the Orpheum Theatre Orchestra,[4] with an inaugural performance by Mary Garden. Frankenstein was a cousin of the San Francisco Chronicle's long-time music and art critic Alfred V. Frankenstein.[5] The song was published by Hatch & Loveland, Music Printers, Los Angeles, California,[6] and copyrighted by F.B. Silverwood in 1913. It was the official song of expositions held in San Francisco and San Diego in 1915.
Silverwood owned a clothing company on Broadway [Los Angeles], on the same block as the Orpheum Theatre, where Frankenstein was the house orchestra's music director.
7.mar.1873-30.nov.1934 USA Illinois, Chicago – California, Los Angeles (car accident)
The first permanent theatre orchestra in Los Angeles was organized in 1898 at the Orpheum Theatre by Abraham F. Frankenstein, who was its musical director for over thirty years. He organized bands for the Los Angeles Police and Fire Departments and the Al Malaikah Shrine Band, and in addition served on the Fire Commission of the City of Los Angeles.
Abraham F. Frankenstein was a cousin of the Chronicle's long-time music and art critic Alfred V. Frankenstein