Hans von Holstein, better known as Monte Carlo (14 July 1883 — 9 June 1967), was a Danish-born American Broadway composer and author.
[1] Von Holstein was born in Skamlingsbanken,[1] Gravenstein,[2] Denmark, on 14 July 1883.
He received pre-medical training in Chicago, with songwriting as chief avocation.
[7] There he became vice-president of Carsen Music Publishing, founded by his step-son, Edward C. Benjamin Sr.[4] He died in Houston on June 9, 1967.
[4][8] "Little Town in the old County Down" "Dinny Danny; The Irish Yacki Hula" "That Tumble-Down Shack in Athlone" "Every Tear Is a Smile in an Irishman's Heart" "By the waters of Killarney" "Just a bit of Irish lace" "Two Blue Eyes, One Little Green Isle" "My Home in the County Mayo" "The Hills of Connemara" "The Old Wooden Bridge in Athlone"[2][9] Several songs became very popular after being recorded by John McCormack in the early 1920s.