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Collegiate School; Royal Cons., Dresden, Germany; piano, Peskau; harmony, Paul; composition, Albert Fuchs and Felix Draesecke; violin, Gustav Dannreuter; organ and composition, Henry E. Duncan, New York; orchestration, Wallace J. Goodrich, Boston, Mass. Historian St. Nicholas Soc, New York. Songs: "Do Dreams Come True"; "Mystic Hour"; "My Forget-Me-Not"; "I'm A-Wantin' You"; "Just an Old-Fashioned Waltz." Also, Dreaming (for piano and strings); Chansonette de Newt; Romance (for violin and piano); A Moonlit Sky (tone poem), premiere March, 1924, Amer. Natl. Orch. Home: 4 Midland Gardens, Bronx-ville 8, N.Y.
Fox, J. Bertram, composer, teacher, baritone; b. Stamford, Conn., Aug. 8, 1881; d. New York, N.Y., Jan. 24, 1946. ASCAP 1925. Educ: voice with Victor Maurel; composition with Max Spicker. As singer appeared in concerts and several Victor Herbert musical comedies, including The Enchantress. Associated with Victor Herbert for many years, directing choral groups for Herbert concerts. Accompanist for St. Cecilia Club of New York. Member The Bohemians, New York Musicians Club; American Acad, of Teachers of Singing, vice-chairman; New York Singing Teachers Assoc. Songs: "Two Cranes"; "Evening"; "Strings in the Earth"; "One Lovely Name." Choral: "The Bugle"; "The Horn"; "Song of the Four Seasons"; "How Sweet the Answer"; "A Tragic Tale." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Fox, Oscar J., composer, organist, pianist, choral conductor; b. Burnet County, Texas, Oct. 11, 1879. ASCAP 1927. Early musical education from family; private tutors San Antonio; Lothar Kempter and Carl Attenhofer at Municipal School of Music, Zurich, Switzerland 1896-99, and Dr. Percy |
Goetschius, New York. Organist and choral director in Galveston, San Antonio, Univ. of Texas in Austin (1925-28) and Dallas until 1946. Now appearing in programs of his songs. Songs: "The Hills of Home"; "My Heart is a Silent Violin"; "Rounded Up In Glory"; "O Perfect Love"; "White in the Moon the Long Road Lies"; "Rain and the River"; "The Tempest"; "October"; "If I Have Ever Tempted You"; "A Lodge in the Woods'; "Dreamland Lullaby"; "Haunted Heart"; "Tolling of the Mission Bells"; "Night Song"; "The Brookside." Home: San Antonio, Texas. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Fradkin, Frederic, composer, violinist; b. Troy, N.Y., April 2, 1892. ASCAP 1947. Educ.: in music with Henry Schradieck and Max Bendix. To Paris 1905, studying with Remy and White, later Paris Cons, under Lefort; Ysaye in Brussels. Debut as violinist in New York in 1911. Toured London and Vienna; became concert-master with DiaghilefFs Ballet Russe; Boston Symphony Orch. 1918. Works: Romance, for violin and piano; also numerous violin transcriptions. Home: New York, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Franklin, Blanche Ortha, composer, author; b. Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 27, 1895. ASCAP 1922. Educ.: Salt Lake City and Los Angeles public schools. Child actress. Started in show business, Salt Lake City, with two brothers. Toured vaudeville. On professional staff, song publishers; then began songwriting. Wrote and produced special material for Al Jol-son, Sophie Tucker, Frank Crummit, Bert Williams, Eddie Cantor and others. Songs: "I'm Tired of Building Castles"; "Pucker Up and Whistle"; "Idol Mine"; "Pretty Little Cinderella"; "Oh You Cant Fool an Old Hoss Fly"; "At the End of the Redwood Trail"; "You and I"; "Think of Me"; "Dixie Wedding"; "Mississippi |
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