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ranging with Helmy Kresa and William Creager, New York. From 1930 pianist in popular orch. Works: instrumental: "Fatima's Drummer Boy"; "Skyrocket." Songs: "I'm Face to Face With Love"; "Gee, But You're Cute"; "America Were On Our Way"; "I Travel Alone"; "You Can't Do That To Me"; "Daybreak Serenade"; "Moondust Rhapsody"; "Riondo." Home: 425 New York Ave., Jersey City 7, N.J.
Breuer, Ernest, composer, pianist; b. Augsburg, Germany, Dec. 26, 1886. ASCAP 1914 (charter member). Educ: in music in Germany. To U.S. in youth. Professional pianist, for some years active in vaudeville. During World War I was interpreter on staff of Gen. Pershing engaged in quizzing German prisoners. Entertainment director American Army of Occupation, Coblenz, Germany, 1919-21; World War II toured Army camps and hospitals as entertainer. Songs: "It's a Long Way to Dear Old Broadway"; "When the Boys from Dixie Eat the Melon on the Rhine"; "In a Shelter From a Shower", "He Never Knew She Lived Next Door"; "Oh Gee, Oh Gosh, Oh Golly I'm in Love"; "Kid You Got Some Eyes"; "Does the Spearmint Lose Its Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight?"; "The Doodle Bug Song"; "Sally's Not the Same Old Sal"; "Bigger Than the Moon." Home: Coral Gables, Fla. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Bridges, Ethel (Mrs. Richard Marshall Winfield), composer; b. San Francisco, Calif., Nov. 10, 1897. ASCAP 1920. Of musical parentage. Educ.: Lowell High School and Miss Hamlin's Finishing School. Gave up career as dancer for songwriting, when as child won Portola Festival songwriting contest. Became professional songwriter New York 1919; staff writer New York publishing house. Early works: "Hawaiian Lul- |
laby"; "Just Like the Rose"; "Ching a Lings Jazz Bazaar"; "Beautiful Hawaiian Love"; "An Old Fashioned Rose"; "Sighing." Then following long absence in Panama and Hawaii returned to songwriting 1939; more recent songs including: "I Sing Aloha"; "I Give This Lei to You"; "Here You Are"; "A Soldier's Life"; "My Last Look at You"; "How Can I Make You Love Me"; "To My Boy"; "Moonlight and You"; "Whispering (Hawaiian Love Song)." Home: Lafayette, Calif. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Briegel, George F., composer, publisher, conductor; b. Scranton, Pa., June 5, 1890. ASCAP 1946. Began musical career as trombone and violin soloist with West Point Band; studied conducting and musical theory under George Essigke, Teacher of Music, U.S. Military Acad. Professional arranger, N.Y. publishing house, 1910; succeeded as Bandmaster Twenty-second Regiment, Patrick S. Gilmore and Victor Herbert. During World War I Bandmaster, Pelham Bay Naval Training Station. Through this period Victor Herbert again took over leadership of Twenty-second Regiment Band, returned it to Briegel at termination of War. Has own music publishing business. As Bandmaster of New York Fire Department since 1921, holds honorary rank Deputy Chief. Works: Overture Victorious; Cathedral Echoes; Soloette; Gods Temple. Also wide variety of thematic music for radio programs; band and orchestra arrangements of familiar standard works. Home: New York, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Bristol, Margaret, composer, author, singer, teacher, conductor; b. Seattle, Washington, Sept. 11. ASCAP 1943. Educ.: Northwestern Univ., Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Advanced musical studies at Univ., private tutors in voice, repertoire, etc. Eight years of |
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