( b Troy, NY, Nov 28, 1865; d Mineola, NY, Dec 17, 1945). American music publisher . In 1894 he and Joseph Stern established in New York the music publishing firm of Joseph W. Stern & Company. In 1920 Marks purchased Stern’s interest and renamed the firm the Edward B. Marks Music Company; in 1932 it became the Edward B. Marks Music Corporation. The firm was a leading publisher of American and Latin American popular music. One of its earliest successes was The Little Lost Child (1894), written by Marks and Stern, which sold more than a million copies and was the first song to be introduced to singing audiences through illustrated slides. The firm also issued Sweet Rosie O’Grady (1896), Take back your gold (1897), Under the Bamboo Tree (1902), Malagueña (1928), The Peanut Vendor (1931), Paper Doll...