Van & Schenck

August Von Glahn (b. 12 August 1886, New York City, New York, USA, d. 12 March 1968, Miami, Florida, USA) and Joseph Thuma Schenck (b. c.1891, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA, d. 28 June 1930, Detroit, Michigan, USA) were first associated musically when Schenck played piano for Van, a baritone who sang part time in Brooklyn bars. Teaming up formally around 1909, they appeared in vaudeville theatres, by which time Schenck, a tenor, was also singing harmony. In 1912 they composed ‘Teach Me That Beautiful Love' and four years later were hired to entertain at a social gathe...