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Curran, Pearl Gildersleeve, composer; b. Denver, Col., June 25, 1875; d. New Rochelle, N.Y., April 16, 1941. ASCAP 1925. Educ: East Denver School; Denver Univ.; piano and violin. Studied violin with Otto Pfef-fercorn; voice, Flora Hunsicker, M. Miner Richards. To Paris 1899, studied piano with Stella Hadden Alexander. Began songwriting in 1912. Active in Westchester County Music Festival Assoc, as member of auditions committee. Songs: "In Autumn"; "Two Magicians"; "Wedding Music"; "Picture"; "Contentment"; "The Lord is My Shepherd"; "Gratitude"; "Hold Thy Hand"; "Holiday"; "To the Sun"; "Flirtation"; "The Blessing"; "The Lord's Prayer"; "Crucifixion and Resurrection"; "The Best is Yet to Be" (Robert Browning). Choral music: "Rain," "Nursery Rhymes," "Blessing," for women's voices; "Dawn" for mixed, women's and male voices; "Ho! Mr. Piper" for mixed voices, "Two Magicians"; "Bird Gossip." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP. |
Home: 91 Bridge St., Fairhaven, Mass.
Curtis, Loyal, composer, author, publisher; b. Fowlerville, Mich., April 8, 1877; d. New York, N.Y., Feb. 21, 1947. ASCAP 1925. Educ.: Fowlerville and Toledo, Ohio, public schools. Studied piano with Miss Bailey; cello and harmony with Prof. Kortheuer. Played cello with Toledo Symphony Orch.; member various bands, organized and directed groups of string ensembles and vocal quartets. Organized own publishing house in Chicago and New York until 1946. Songs: "Bo-Peep"; "Heartaches and Dreams"; "Just One More Dance"; "Roses for Remembrance"; "Arcady"; "In Springtime"; "Mary Jane"; "Rose O' the Morn"; "What is Love"; "Drifting and Dreaming." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Cusenza, Frank J., composer, author; b. San Vito lo Capo, Italy, Dec. 25, 1899. ASCAP 1950. To U.S. 1920; citizen 1923. Educ.: started music at five; studied at Royal Conservatory, Palermo, Italy, with Maestro V. Monte, Maestro Gentile; received Masters Degree in Composition, Great Lakes College (studied with Dr. H. Matheis, Dr. Beutel). Has followed teaching profession since 1920. Former head, lnstru. Dept., Detroit Cons, of Music, Detroit Inst, of Musical Art; on faculty Univ. of Detroit; instructor for Vocational State Board of Education. Member: Michigan Composers Club, Natl. Teachers Guild; Michigan State Teachers Assoc. Works: Symphony in four movements; Creation, opera in three acts; The Captivities, oratorium; Vivo Per Te, classical waltz for soprano lyric and tenor; several piano solos and songs. Author of: Thorough Master Pianist for piano in five volumes; several other piano and instrumental methods. Home: 19216 Havana, Detroit 3, Michigan. |
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Curtis, Billy, author; b. Lowell, Mass., Sept. 19, 1885. ASCAP 1924. Educ.: public schools, Lowell High School, 1903. Played trumpet in high school orchestra and in theater in Lowell. Vaudeville artist, became radio script writer and staff writer for music publishing houses. Songs: "Katy the Waitress"; "Scandal of Little Lizzy Ford"; "The Little Wooden Whistle ; "The Way He Loves is Just Too Bad"; "It's Your Move Now"; "South Bound"; "Waltz of Yesterday"; "That Little Photograph of You"; "Dearest One"; "Cut-Cut-Cut Get a Haircut"; "The Ghost of the St. Louis Blues"; "Makin' Wicky Wacky Down in Waikiki"; "There's No One With Endurance Like the Man Who Sells Insurance"; "After You Say I Love You"; "The First Waltz"; "The Return of Abdul Abulbul Ameer." |
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