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Daniels, Mabel Wheeler |
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Joseph, Mo., and Kansas City, Mo., public schools. Piano lessens at early age. Studied harmony with Carl Preyer in Kansas City. Began composing popular songs at seventeen. At eighteen won $25 prize in composition contest with popular tune "Margery," later featured by John Philip Sousa's band. In 1904 publishing business (Daniels and Russel, St. Louis, Mo.). With the sale of composition "Hiawatha" for $10,000, became executive with Jerome H. Remick & Co. Own publishing firm 1915; from 1924-31, pres. Villa Moret, Inc., San Francisco, then Los Angeles as free-lance writer. Works: "Hiawatha"; "Moonlight"; "Poppies"; "Silver Heels"; "Heartsease"; "Autumn"; "Dark Eyes"; "Cherry"; "Democracy Forever"; "You Tell Me Your Dream, 111 Tell You Mine"; "On Mobile Bay"; "Mickey"; "Moonlight and Roses"; "Chloe"; "She's Funny That Way"; "Wild Honey"; "Sweet and Lovely"; "Good Night, My Love"; also Cavalcade of Marches (book of marches). Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Daniels, Mabel Wheeler, composer; b. Swampscott, Mass., Nov. 27, 1879. ASCAP 1937. Educ: Girls' Latin School, Boston 1896; Bachelor of Arts (magna cum laude) Radcliffe Coll., Cambridge, 1900; hon. Master of Arts Tufts Coll., Mass., 1933; hon. Doctor of Music Boston Univ., 1939. Studied composition and orchestration with George W. Chadwick, Boston; one year, Ludwig Thuille, Munich; one year in Berlin. Director of glee club, Bradford Acad. 1911-13; music director at Simmons Coll., Boston 1913-18; former member advisory committee on music for Boston Public Schools. Director, Beneficent Soc, N.E. Cons, of Music; corporate member MacDowell Colony; hon. member Phi Beta Kappa, Mu Phi Epsilon, Radcliffe Club of N.Y., Music Guild of Boston. In 1945 elected a trustee of Radcliffe Coll. Dir. in Natl |
Assoc. Amer. Composers and Conductors. Received two prizes from Natl Fed. of Music Clubs; one prize, League of American Penwomen. Composed two operettas for students of Radcliffe College. Works: The Story of Jael, cantata for mixed voices, soprano and orch.; Exultate Deo, mixed chorus and orch. (written for 50th anniv. of Radcliffe Coll.); Deep Forest (prelude for little symph., re-scored for full orch.); Pirates' Island, orch.; Peace in Liberty (Peace With a Sword) for chorus and orch.; The Desolate City, for baritone and orch.; In the Greenwood, suite; Fairy Scherzo; Pastorale Ode, flute and strings; Three Observations for Three Woodwinds; Digressions for strings. Also two pieces for violin and piano; Overture to a Ballet; songs and part-songs. Author of book: An American Girl in Munich. Home: 154 Riverway, Boston 15, Mass.
Darby, Kenneth Lorin (Ken Darby), composer, author, arranger, publisher; b. Hebron, Neb., M?y 13, 1909. ASCAP 1946. In Hollywood, writing for radio and screen. Composer and arranger for Walt Disney productions. Now with 20th Century Fox as vocal director, composer, arranger. Motion pictures: Wizard of Oz; Show Business; Step Lively; Higher and Higher; Hopalong Cassidy; Make Mine Music; Song of the South; Wabash Avenue; My Blue Heaven; Bird of Paradise. Songs: "Chool Song"; "Twas the Night Before Christmas"; "Make Mine Music"; "Casey, the Pride of Them All"; "OY Briny"; "Keep Your Eye on the Ball." Symphonic Suite, The Lake. Home. Van Nuys, Calif. Address: 7046 Hollywood Blvd., 515 Hollywood Prof. Bldg., Hollywood 28, Calif.
Darcy, Thomas F., Capt., composer, conductor, arranger; b. Vancouver, Wash., May 7, 1895. ASCAP 1948. At age of twenty-two leader of 18th |
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