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"In the Sweet Long Ago"; "Roll em Girls"; "You Can't Cry Over My Shoulder." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Heath, Walter Henry (Hy), composer, author; b. Oakville, Tenn., July 9, 1890. ASCAP 1941. Educ.: public schools, Tenn. Thirty years a comedian in musical comedy, vaudeville, dramatic, minstrel and burlesque shows. Songs: "Mule Train"; "Clancy Lowered the Boom"; "The Little Red Fox (Nyah Nyah Ya Can't Catch Me)"; "Who Calls You Sweet Mama Now?"; "You Can't Put that Monkey on My Back"; "Don't Swing the Old Sweet Songs"; "That's What We Do Over Here"; "Just Because You're in Deep Elem"; "Benny the Beaver"; "It Ain't No Use to Worry Any More"; "Can't Get Out of Texas in My Dreams"; "Dear Son", "You Gotta Quit Cheatin' On Me", "The Covered Wagon Rolled Right Along"; "(I'm Gonna Hurry You Out of My Mind and) Cry You Out of My Heart"; "I Guess I'm Just the Worrying Kind"; "Uncle Remus Said"; "Deacon Jones"; "Loaded Pistol (and Loaded Dice)"; "Hills of Utah"; "Nora My Darling"; "Silas Lee (From Tennessee)." Bob and Joe Song Book (fifteen songs). Home: Los Angeles, Calif. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Heifetz, Jascha, violinist, composer; b. Vilna, Russia, Feb. 2, 1901. To U.S. 1917; citizen 1925. ASCAP 1937. Educ: At three, began study violin with father. About a year later, admitted to Imperial Music School at Vilna. Before seven, played in recitals. At seven, debut at Kovno, Mendelssohn's Concerto. Until 1909, continued studies in Vilna, then entered St. Petersburg Cons, to study with Leopold Auer. While at conservatory often appeared in public. Appeared at Berlin under Nikisch with Philharmonic Society; series of concerts Vienna 1913. Toured Germany |
1914. With advent of World War I, toured Scandinavian countries and Russia. American debut, Oct. 27, 1917, U.S. and South America; also concert tours through England 1920, Australia 1921, Far East 1923. Gave a concert hall to Tel-Aviv, Palestine, 1926. Chevalier of Legion d'honneur 1926; Officier 1939. Featured in motion picture 1939. Hon. member Assn. des Anciens eleves du Conservatoire; Societe du Conservatoire, Cercle International de la Jeunessc Artistique; Friends of Music in France, Beaux Arts; Musicians Foundation, Inc., Degrees. Dr. of Music, New York College of Music, 1946, Dr. of Music, North Western Univei-sity, 1949. Works include many violin transcriptions of compositions by Bach, Ravel, Debussy, Godowsky, Albeniz, Achron, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mozart, Brahms, Geishwni, Foster; also cadenzas and original works. Home: Gilcrest Dr., Beverly Hills, Calif.
Heim, Emery, composer, an anger, conductor; b. Budapest, Hungary, Feb. 22, 1906, d. Hollywood, Calif, Aug. 1, 1946. ASCAP 1946. To U.S. 1939; citizen 1943. Educ.: advanced musical studies, composition, conducting, Academy of Music, Budapest. Composed four musical comedies and scored many motion pictures in Hungary. Staff writer New York publishing house, one year, then 1942-44, U.S. Army, Special Service Office, Rank T/5. Scored motion pictures in Hollywood. Songs: "Time and Time Again"; "Don't Look at Me the Way You're Lookin'"; "My Ol' Ten Gallon Hat"; "Rather Do Without You, Baby"; "Down the Gypsv Trail"; "While the Music Plays On." In U.S. Army wrote official song ot 81st Division: "The Fighting Wildcat March"; also official song of 13th Armored Division: "Give It Your Best." In Hungary composed "Sza-badkai Udvaron," national song used |
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