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Fields, Dorothy
Aldrich, Franz Proschowski, L. D'Aubigny, Walter Heaton. Choir boy and asst. organist, Christ Church, Reading, Pa., 1892-1902; organist and choirmaster Zion's Reformed Church, Reading, 1902-07, First Presbyterian Church, Reading, 1907-12; Westport Pres. Church, Kansas City, Mo., 1920-25. Instructor Ursi-nus College 1911-12; Missouri Val­ley Coll., Prof, of Music, 1912-14, Dean of Music School, 1914-48, Chairman, Div. of Fine Arts from 1948. World War II, taught Naval and American history for three years to Naval Unit. Member of Natl Assoc, of Composers and Conductors, Natl Assoc. Teachers of Singing. Works: The Lord is My Strength, choral, mixed voices; The Everlasting Light, cantata for mixed voices, or­chestra and chorus; Strong Son of God, motet for eight-part choir; Like As a Father, for solo voice, soprano or tenor; Behold the Angel of the Lord, Easter anthem, mixed voices; Behold What Manner of Love, solo; Clianson d'Ete for organ; In Judea's Hills, Christmas cantata. Home: 513 East Arrow, Marshall, Mo.
Fields, Arthur, composer, author, ac­tor, radio and recording artist, music publisher; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 6, 1888. ASCAP 1937. Child singer, became professional at eleven; singer of illustrated songs. Joined minstrels 1905 for two seasons; member of vaudeville team; later with recording and radio artists. Active in radio. Songs: "On the Mississippi"; "Abba Dabba Honeymoon"; "Auntie Skin­ner's Chicken Dinner"; "There's a Blue Sky 'Way Out Yonder"; "Eleven More Months and Ten More Days"; "I've Got a Code id By Dose"; "Our Hometown Mountain Band"; "And the Angels Sing." Also, 48 Hymns of Happiness; "Who Else But God"; and "There Shall Be No More Tears" (sacred). Home: North Hollywood, Calif. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Fields, Buddy (Arthur B. Fields), composer, b. Vienna, Austria, Sept. 24, 1889. ASCAP 1925. Of U.S parentage. Educ: public schools, Chicago, 111.; self-taught in music. World War I, 133rd Machine Gun Btn., 36th Div., 23 months. Actor, entertainer, and musician; now an agent. Songs: "You Gotta Be a Foot­ball Hero"; "Falling"; "With You on My Mind I Can't Write the Words"; "By the Sign of the Rose"; "Night Shall Be Filled with Music"; "Chin-nin' and Chattin' with May"; "You're the One (You Beautiful Son-of-a-Gun)"; "The Pump Song"; "Remem­ber"; "Indoor Outdoor Girl"; "By a Camp Fire"; "If It Wasn't for You (I Wouldn't Be Crying)"; "How Can I Be Anything But Blue"; "I'll Get Along Somehow"; "This is the Last Time (111 Cry Over You)." Home: Detroit, Mich. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Fields, Dorothy, author; b. Allen-hurst, N.J., July 15, 1905. ASCAP 1929. Of professional family (father, comedian Lew Fields). Educ.: New York public schools; private tutors. While teaching dramatic art at Ben-
Field, Eugene, author; b. St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 3, 1850; d. Kenilworth, 111., Nov. 4, 1895. ASCAP 1940. Ver­mont parentage; maternal grand­mother professional musician. Educ.: private school, Monson, Mass., Wil­liams Coll., Knox Coll., Calesburg, 111., Univ. of Missouri. Entered news­paper work at St. Joseph, Mo., then in St. Louis, Kansas City, Denver, Chicago 1883-95. Pioneer among newspaper columnists. Conducted "Sharps & Flats" in old Chicago Morning News. Many poems written for his column. Known as "The Chil­dren's Poet." Works set to music: "Little Boy Blue"; "Wynken, Blynken and Nod"; and others. Address: Es­tate, c/o ASCAP.