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melodies for two pianos. Also String Quartet; Song Cycle, Beloved Stranger (to poems l>y Witter Bynner); Capriccio for large orchestra; songs, solo piano pieces, and many arrangements for two pianos including the six Trio-Sonatas by Bach. Home: Rancho Piano, Tesuque, Santa Fe, N.M.
Baer, Abel, composer; b. Baltimore, Md., March 16, 1893. ASCAP 1924. Educ.: Chelsea, Mass., High School. Left Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons, Boston, to become aviator in World War I. Second Lieut, in Infantry at close of war. Gave up study of dentistry for music. A pianist from childhood. Succeeded an older brother as popular orchestra leader, when brother became lawyer. Left Boston 1920 to join professional staff of New York music publishing house. Song "All That I Need is You" (1921), featured by Paul Whiteman at Palais Royale. Whitcman later featured Baer's "Papa Loves Mama" in his "Experiment in Modern Music" Feb. 12, 1924, at Aeolian Hall, and later his "June Night" at a similar concert in Carnegie Hall, where Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue was first played. Treasurer Songwriters' Protective Assn.; member Appeals Board, ASCAP. Entertainer camps and hospitals for Armed Forces 1943-45. Songs: "I Miss My Swiss"; "Donjt Wake Me Up, Let Me Dream"; "Hello Aloha, How Are You?"; "Lucky Lindy"; "High Upon a Hilltop^, "My Mother's Eyes"; "It's the Girl"; "Am I to Blame"; "It's Mating Time"; "Sweet Thing"; "Gee, But You're Swell"; "A Garden in Granada"; "Simple and Sweet"; "The Night Before Christmas"; "The Last Two Weeks in July"; "Piggy Wiggy Woo"; "There Are Such Things"; "When the One You Love Loves You", "Let Me Linger a Little Longer in Your Arms"; "The Night When Love Was Born"; "Harriett"; "I Ain't Got No- |
body"; "From Omaha-ha-ha to Idaho-ho-ho"; "On a Snowy Blowy Day." Home: 90 Riverside Drive, New York
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Baer, Charles E., composer, author; b. West Fairview, Pa., Nov. 17, 1872. ASCAP 1941. His dog poem "Postponed" included in anthologies and variously recorded under title of "Old Dog Sport." Songs: "After All, the Old Love's Best"; "Pictures from Life's Other Side"; "The Song I Heard in Heaven"; "When the Robin Redbreast Sings His Home Sweet Home"; "Let the Love Light Linger Longer, Lady Lou"; "While I Dream of You"; "The Moonlight, the Rose and You", "When You Were in Your 'Teens"; "Way Down Yonder"; "At the Gate of the Palace of Dreams"; "When You Were Queen of the May." Home: North Wales, Pa.
Bainbridge, Katherine, author, b. Basingstoke, England, June 30. ASCAP 1924. To U.S. 1898, U.S. Citizen. Educ: private schools and Hardwick College, Adelaide, S. Australia; advanced work in poetry at Univ. of Southern Calif. Life member of Poetry Society of Southern Calif. Member of Poets of the Pacific; hon. member, Women's International Assoc, of Aeronautics (through prize-winning song); member National League of American Penwomen, Los Angeles. Songs: Songs of the Ten Commandments (book); "Seek Not Unto False Prophets"; "Song of Thanksgiving", "Keep Close to God", "God Answers Prayer"; "The Lord of Life"; "England, Dear Old England"; "Love Came Calling"; "A Friend or Two"; "Just Like Your Eyes"; "Where the Long Trail Winds"; "Thank God for America"; "When the Empire Gets Together"; "I Wish I Could Hear You Calling Me Now"; "I Left My Heart in Killarney"; "Oh For the Love of Mike"; "Love Me"; "Every Day in the Week"; "You're Just the One"; |
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