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Spencer, Herbert
Serenade"); "Let's Play Every Day"; "Chansonette"; "Querida"; "Madrigal of May"; "Jabberwocky"; "Be Fair and Wanner to Me"; "Our New York" (City Anthem); "A Song for Freedom"; "The Old Barber Shop"; "I Want to Harmonize"; "Honolulu Luau." Address: 400 East 58 St., New York 22, N.Y.
Spalding, Albert, composer, violinist; b. Chicago, 111., Aug. 15, 1888. ASCAP 1924. Educ: New York, Florence, Paris, pupil of Chiti, Flor­ence; Lefort, Paris; Buitrago, New York. Graduate Bologna Univ., 1903. Debut Paris 1905, with Adelina Patti and became violin virtuoso in Europe. American debut with N.Y. Symph. Orch., Carnegie Hall, New York, Nov. 9, 1908. Concert tour U.S. fol­lowed; Russia 1910. Since then toured Europe and America many times. Served in Army Air Service, Lieut, in France, Italy in World War I. Cross of Crown of Italy; Cross of Chevalier, Rosette of Officer, Legion of Honor, France. World War 11, overseas Italy, 1944 operating behind enemy lines and with radio and leaflets for com­munications between U.S. and Italian underground. Returned to U.S. 1945 to resume concert career. Works: two Violin Concertos; Violin Sonata; String Quartet; Suite for violin and piano; Etchings for violin and piano; pieces for piano, many violin pieces incl. Alabama, and songs. Member of American Acad, of Arts and Letters. Home: New York, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Speaks, Oley, composer, singer; b. Canal Winchester, Ohio, June 28, 1874; d. New York, N.Y., Aug. 27, 1948. ASCAP 1924 (Director 1924-43). Left clerical post in railroad office in Columbus for advanced stud­ies in music, New York, with Dr. Karl Dufft, J. Armour Galloway and Emma Thursby. Began musical career as baritone in church, Columbus. To
New York, soloist, Church of the Divine Paternity, four years; then baritone soloist, St. Thomas's Church, six years, appearing throughout coun­try in concert and oratorio. Works: "Morning"; "The Bells of Youth"; "Little House O' Dreams"; "Sylvia"; "Star-Eyes"; "Life"; "To You"; "Life's Twilight"; "My Homeland"; "Roses After Rain"; The Prayer Perfect"; "The Lord is My Light"; "On the Road to Mandalay"; "When the Boys Come Home." Address- Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Spencer, Fleta Jan Brown, composer, author; b. Storm Lake, Iowa, Mar. 8, 1883; d. Hillsdale, N.J., Sept. 2, 1938. ASCAP 1920. Educ.: Cincin­nati Cons, of Music; studied with Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler. Singer in vaudeville for twelve years. Songs: "In the Candle Light"; "Soliloquy"; "Love Make My Dream Come True"; "Fancies"; "East of the Moon, West of the Stars"; "Hearts Desire"; "The Dollar Sign"; "Dandelion"; "Prairie Flower"; "Pale Yellow Moon"; "Pansies Mean Thoughts"; "Last Night (You Told Me That You Loved Me)"; "In Old Brazil"; "The Dream of the Lotus Flower"; "Dear Heart What Might Have Been"; "There's Egypt In Your Dreamy Eyes"; "Un­derneath the Stars." Address; Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Spencer, Herbert, compose*, arranger, singer; b. Bunker Hilt 111., May 27, 1878; d. St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 26, 1944. ASCAP 1920. Advanced studies in music at Leipzig Cons.; voice with Enrico Caruso. Played in vaudeville for twelve years; soloist St. Louis Church; musical director of Irish Village, St. Louis World's Fair 1904. Accompanist and assisting artist Schumann-Heink; musical arranger for Lillian Russell; staff composer and arranger New York publishing house. Songs: "Underneath the Stars"; "There's Egypt in Your Dreamy