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Rip Van Winkle (performed by Chicago Opera Co., Chicago and New York). Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
De Lamarter, Eric, composer, conductor, organist; b. Lansing, Mich., Feb. 18, 1880. ASCAP 1939. Pupil of G. H. Fairclough, St. Paul; Wil-helm Middleschulte, Chicago; Guil-mant and Widor, Paris. At fifteen conductor of church choir, Kalamazoo, Mich. Member faculty Olivet Coll., Mich., 1904-05, music critic, Chicago Record Herald, 1908-09; Tribune, 1909-10; Inter-Ocean, 1910-14; organist, First Church of Christ Scientist, Chicago, 1912; asst. conductor, Chicago Symph. Orch.; conductor of same, 1918^-19; conductor, Chicago Civic Orch.; organist, Fourth Presb. Church, Chicago, 1914-36; faculty member Chicago Music Coll.; critic for musical publications. Member Natl. Inst. Arts and Letters. Orch. works: four Symphonies; The Black Orchid (ballet suite); The Giddy Puritan (Overture on two New England hvmn tunes); two Organ Concerts; The Fable of the Hapless Folk-tune; Dialogue for Viola and Orchestra. Chamber music, songs, incidental music for plays. Choral: "The 144th Psalm" (Eastman School publication award). Address: c/o ASCAP.
De Lange, Eddie (Edgar), composer, author, recording artist; b. Long Island City, N.Y., Jan. 15, 1904; d. July 13, 1949. ASCAP 1934. Of professional family. Educ: Univ. of Pennsylvania (non-grad.); active in amateur theatricals, musicals. After two years in Hollywood as stunt man returned to New York 1934 and in association with William Hudson organized popular orchestra. Began songwriting career with Hudson with song "Moonglow" 1934. Songs: "Solitude"; "Haunting Me"; "I Wish That I Were Twins"; "So Help Me"; "Good for Nothing but Love"; "Deep in a Dream"; "Heaven Can Wait"; "This |
is Worth Fighting For"; "A String of Pearls"; "Just as Though You Were Here"; "Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well?"; "Isn't^ It Strange What Music Can Do"; "Along the Navajo Trail"; "Man With a Horn"; "Darn That Dream"; "If I'm Lucky." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
De Leath, Vaughn, composer, author, pianist, singer, actress, radio and recording artist; b. Mt. Pulaski, 111., Sept. 26, 1896; d. Buffalo, N.Y., May 28, 1943. ASCAP 1923. Educ.: Pomona High School, Calif.; two years Mills Coll, Calif. Began writing songs at eleven, and in 1912 her first two compositions, "Glenwood Waltzes" and "In the Twilight," were pub* lished. Concert singer in early teens. In Jan., 1920, in New York, first American woman to give a broadcast* ing program, under direction of Lee DeForest in New York World-Tower Bldg. Manager-director and chief entertainer in New York radio station W.D.T. Also among one of first artists to appear on television (1939). Acting engagements included role of prima donna in Lionel Barrymore play, "Laugh, Clown, Laugh"; in vaudeville several years. Presented with scroll by Gov. Aired of Texas for writing "Blue Bonnets" for Texas Centennial Exposition; Hon. Mem. Oklahoma "Rangerettes." Songs: "Drive Safely"; "Hi Yo Silver"; "A Little Bit of Sunshine"; "At Eventide"; "Blue Bonnets"; "Bye Low"; "Ducklings on Parade"; "I Wasn't Lying When I Said I Love You"; "If It Hadn't Been for You"; "Love Is a Song"; "My Lover Comes A-Riding"; "Rosemary for Remembrance"; "The Gingerbread Brigade"; "The Madonna's Lullaby." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
De Leon, Robert, author; b. Laredo, Texas, Nov. 17, 1904. ASCAP 1941. Educ.: Stephen F. Austin School, San Antonio, Texas. In U.S. Navy 1919-24. Entered music field as song |
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