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Adieu"; "It Won't Be Long Till You Belong to Me"; "Somebody Else is Taking My Place"; "Convention March'; "Keep Lookin' Around for the Sunshine"; "The Great Old Mountain State"; "The Merchant Marine Are We"; "Sorry"; "Old New Hampshire Moon"; "Back to Wheeling, West Va." (Made an honorary citizen of Wheeling); "Georgia Moon." Home: Brookline, Mass. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Elman, Mischa, composer, violinist; b. Stalnoye, Russia, Jan. 21, 1891. ASCAP 1924. Educ: studied with Fiedelman, Royal Music School, Odessa; later with Leopold Auer at Petrograd Univ. Hon. Doctor of Music Chicago Musical Coll. 1936. Debut Berlin 1904; in New York with Russian Symph. Orch. 1908. Since then resided in U.S. Toured Orient, America six times, played with symphony orchestras throughout the world. Has made violin transcriptions of many classic and modern works (Schubert, Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, etc.) and has composed violin pieces "Romance"; "In a Gondola" and songs. Home: New York, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Elmore, Robert, composer, organist; b. Ramapatnam, India, Jan. 2, 1913. ASCAP 1943. Son of a missionary, returned to U.S. 1915. Educ: Univ. of Pennsylvania; while there studied composition with Harl McDonald 1937; organ with Pietro Yon, New York; A.R.C.O., L.R.A.M., London, 1933. Awarded Nitsche First Prize from Univ. of Pennsylvania three years in succession. Debut as concert organist in Carnegie Hall, New York 1936. Composer of orchestral, organ, and other instrumental works, and many part songs. Organ teacher, Clarke Cons of Music, Philadelphia, from 1936; teacher composition, Univ. of Pennsylvania from 1940; organist and director of |
music, Holy Trinity Church, Philadelphia; head of Organ Dept, Philadelphia Cons, of Music. Former vice-chairman, Dept. of Music, Univ. of Pennsylvania. At present, organist, Philadelphia Orch. Member Sigma Xi; American Guild of Organists. Works: Three Colors (for string orch.); The Prodigal Son (a sermon in swing); Valley Forge—1777 (tone poem for orch.); Legend of Sleepy Hollow (suite for orch.); Narrative (for French horn and orch.); Prelude to Unrest (tone poem for orch.); Music for Autumn (short piece for orch.); It Began at Breakfast (one-act opera, first American opera to be televised); Swing Rhapsody (for two pianos); Three Sonnets (for a cap-pella chorus); and two cantatas, The Incarnate Word and The Cross. Also two String Quartets; songs; piano and organ pieces. Home: 130 Walnut Ave., Wayne, Pa.
Emmerich, Robert D. (Bob), composer, pianist, radio artist; b. New York, N.Y., July 26, 1904. ASCAP 1936. Educ.: Horace Mann School, New York. Accompanist Yacht Club Boys, stage, screen, night club, and revues. Songs: "Hurry Home"; "Hear My Song, Violetta"; "Do You Remember Last Night?"; "Think It Over"; "So Lovely"; "You Went to My Head"; "This Time It's Real"; "The Big Apple"; "Timber": "Darling"; "Our Love"; "Gandy Dancer." Home: 4660 Spuyten Duyvil Parkway, New York 63, N.Y.
Enders, Harvey, composer, author, singer; b. St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 13, 1892; d. New York, N.Y., Jan. 12, 1947. ASCAP 1934. Educ.: Washington Univ. (scholarship), St. Louis 1912; studied composition with Charles Galloway, St. Louis 1912; Richard Keitel, Muenchen-Gladbach 1931; Cesare Sodero, New York 1934. To New York 1914, studied vocal culture with David Bispham, and be- |
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