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Fink, Henry
Fillmore, Henry, composer, author, bandmaster, publisher; b. Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 2, 1881. ASCAP 1937. Educ: two years high school, three years junior coll.; Miami Military Inst. Member American Bandmasters Assn. President of music publishing company. Bandmaster since 1916. Works chiefly band music: marches, Footlifter, Men of Florida, Miss Trom­bone, Americans We, Military Escort, Men of Ohio, His Honor; overtures, Gypsy Festival, Determination. Home: 3110 S.W. Miami Court, Miami 45, Fla.
Fina, Jack, composer; b. Passaic, N.J., Aug. 13, 1913. ASCAP 1948. Educ.: Clifton High School, New York Coll. of Music; New York State Teachers Degree. Studied music with August Fraemcke and Elsa Nicilini. At thirteen began to play profes­sionally; played on major radio sta­tions, New York City, and with vari­ous popular orchestras. Then or­ganized own orchestra. Works: "Dream Sonata"; "Bumble Boogie"; "Samba Caramba"; "Rhumbanera"; "Chango"; "Piano Portraits." Home: 531 Santa Fe, Albany, Calif.
Finch, Dick, composer, author; b. New York, N.Y., Nov. 22, 1898. ASCAP 1940. Songs: "You (and Only You)"; "Where's My Sweetie Hid­ing?"; "Lovely Me"; "Jealous"; "You'll Never Know"; "(Look What You're Missin') Wastin' Time"; "Beautiful Girl"; "Rocky Road to Dublin." Home: Brooklyn, N.Y. Ad­dress: c/o ASCAP.
Fine, Irving, composer; b. Boston, Mass., Dec. 3, 1914. ASCAP 1949. Educ.: Boston and Winthrop, Mass., public schools; Harvard College, A.B. 1937; Harvard Univ., A.M. 1938. Piano, Frances L. Grover; or­gan, E. Power Biggs; theory and composition, Walter Piston and Ed­ward Burlingame Hill; choral con-
ducting, Archibald T. Davison; or­chestral conducting, Dr. Serge Kous-sevitzky. Harvard College Scholar­ship, 1935-36; Wyman Foundation Fellowship Grant for study in France with Mme. Boulanger, 1939; Har­vard Univ. Teaching Fellowship, 1940-42. Teacher and asst. prof., Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges; mem­ber faculty Berkshire Music Center since 1946. Asst. conductor Harvard Glee Club 1938-39, 1943-45; acting conductor Harvard Glee Club and director Univ. choir, 1944; cond. U.S. Naval Training School Glee Club, Harvard, 1942-43. Musical di­rector and conductor chorus and chamber orchestra Harvard-Radcliffe Music Clubs, 1945—. Author of numerous articles on music. Works: Three Choruses from "Alice in Won­derland?'; The Choral New Yorker, cantata; Sonata for Violin and Piano; Music for Piano, suite; Partita for Wind Quintet; Toccata Concertante, for orch.; Alice in Wonderland Suite, for chorus and orch.; The Hour Glass, cantata; Hymn, for women's chorus and small orch.; String Quartet. Home: 15 Everett St., Cambridge 38, Mass.
Fine, Sylvia, composer, author; b. New York, N.Y., Aug. 29, 1913. ASCAP 1948. Author of special ma­terial, notably that used by Danny Kaye (husband). Songs: "Bali Boogie"; "Lobby Number"; "Pav­lova"; "Melody in 4F"; "Anatole of Paris." Home: Beverly Hills, Calif. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Fink, Henry, composer, author; b. Milwaukee, Wis., March 8, 1893. ASCAP 1941. Educ.: public school; Foster School, Chicago; Goodrich School, Chicago. Songs: "The Curse of an Aching Heart (You Made Me What I Am Today)"; "I Love You More Each Day"; "Write Something Sweet to Me Dearie"; "I've Wasted My Love on You"; "Follow Me to