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De Crescenzo, Vincenzo
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cuits many seasons. Wrote special ma­terial for vaudeville artists. Songs: "Tiger Rag"; "Little Grey Mother"; "Ragamuffin Romeo"; "That Soothing Serenade"; "Slappin the Bass"; "Mary Dear"; "Love Me a Little Little ; "My Mammy Knows"; "Love Made a Gypsy Out of Me"; "I Found a Round­about Way to Heaven"; "The Prune Song." Home: Hollywood, Calif. Ad­dress: c/o ASCAP.
De Crescenzo, Vincenzo, composer, pianist, conductor, accompanist and tutor; b. Naples, Italy, Feb. 18, 1875. To U.S. 1903; citizen 1921. ASCAP 1914 (charter member). Early musi­cal education in Naples, continuing study of piano, harmony, counter­point, and composition at Conserva­tory of Music, Palermo, Sicily, under Zuelli. Completed piano study under Benjamino Cesi. Songs. "Guardanno 'A Lima"; "Uocchie Celeste!"; "Tar-antella Sincera"; "Quanno 'a Fem-mena Vo'"; "Rondine Al Nido"; "Trieste Maggio"; "Notte d'Amore"; "Canto di Primavera"; "Ce Steva na Vota"; "Cadon le Foglie"; "Cera la Luna"; "Amor Lontano"; "Messi-doro"; "Sogno D'Amore." Also in­strumental works. Home: 166 W. 72 St., New York, N.Y.
Dee, Sylvia (Josephine Moore Prof-fitt), author; b. Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 22, 1914. ASCAP 1943. Educ: music with father, and Univ. of Michigan. Advertising copywriter, Rochester, N.Y., newspaper. Musical show Barefoot Boy With Cheek. Wrote two novels, And Never Been Kissed and Dear Guest and Ghost. Songs: "Chickery Chick"; "It Couldn't Be True"; "Stardreams"; "I'm Thrilled"; "Have You Changed?"; "My Sugar Is So Refined"; ^After Graduation Day"; "Laroo Laroo Lilli Bolero"; "Angel Lips, Angel Eyes"; "Pushcart Serenade ; "Too Young." Home: Levittown, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP
De Francesco, L. E., composer, con-* ductor; b. Atessa, Italy, Dec. 26, 1888. ASCAP 1930. Educ: Cons, of Naples 1908, diploma of "Maestro." To U.S. 1910 and after light opera company tours through the country became musical director for motion picture studios. Associated with Vic­tor Herbert 1923 in preparing motion-picture scores. Scored: Cavalcade; State Fair; Berkley Square; Power and Glory. General musical director, Hollywood studios 1932-36. Songs: "Cavalcade"; "Ah, Love, But a Day"; "The White Parade"; "Should She Forget Me Not"; "Heart, My Heart"; "The Sun Shines Brighter"; "Daddy." Home: New York, N.Y. Address: 1250 Sixth Ave., New York 20, N.Y.
De Koven, Reginald (Henry Louis Reginald De Koven), composer, direc­tor, music critic; b. Middletown, Conn., April 3, 1859, d. Chicago, 111., Jan. 16, 1920. ASCAP 1929. Educ.: Oxford 1879; musical education at Stuttgart and Frankfort; studied light opera under Gan6e, von Suppe, and Delibes. Doctor of Music Racine Coll. Returned to U.S. 1882, remain­ing until death. Collaborated with Harry B. Smith 1887, composed The Begum, first genuine American comic opera. Robin Hood (prod. 1890 Chi­cago by Bostonians; London prod. 1891 under name of Maid Marian, was written in collaboration with Smith). Several years later he wrote another Maid Marian. Music critic for Chicago Evening Post 1889-90; New York World 1891-97; New York Journal 1898-1906, World 1907-12. Member Natl. Inst. Arts and Letters. Conductor Washington, D.C., Symph. Orch. which he organized 1902-04. Operettas: Don Quixote; The Al­gerian; Rob Roy; The Highwayman; The Three Dragoons; Foxy Quilter; The Student King; The Golden But­terfly. Grand operas: Canterbury Pilgrims (libretto Percy Mackave, prod, at Met. Opera, New York);