Polla, W. C. (William C.), Jr., 1876-1939

found: OCLC, 9/19/01(hdg: Polla, William C., 1876-1939; usage: William C. Polla)

found: Perfessorbill.com, June 16, 2009(Polla, William C., b. August 12, 1876; d. Nov. 4, 1939; W. C. Powell is pseud. used by William C. Polla)

found: Ragtime.com, Oct. 21, 2024(William C. Polla, Jr., was born to immigrant German parents William Polla and Babetta Schill (Babetta was later Anglicized to Elizabeth) in New York City during the Centennial year of the United States, 1876; ... and continuing with many of his popular compositions, which in 1902 were started with The Ragtime Laundry, Polla, who had already altered the family name from Polle, chose to issue many of his works under his first of two pseudonyms, the thinly-veiled and Americanized W.C. Powell. There are a few possible reasons for this as with other composers who did the same thing, but given how the name was applied, it seems evident that William wanted the more serious pieces associated directly with his European name, and the frivolous or popular pieces with the Anglicized version.)