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Hanley, James Frederick
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Hanley, James Frederick, composer, author; b. Rensselaer, Ind., Feb. 17, 1892; & Douglaston, N.Y., Feb. 8, 1942. ASCAP 1917. Educ.: St. Ig­natius Acad., Chicago; Champion Coll., Prairie du Chien, Wis. Piano at Chicago Musical Coll. World War I, 82nd Division, wrote and produced army show Toot Sweet Accompanist for vaudeville performers; became ac­tive in writing for Broadway produc­tions, including Robinson Crusoe, Jr.; Jim, Jam, Jems; Spice; Big Boy; Zieg-feld Follies (several editions); George White Scandals; Greenwich Village Follies; Honeymoon Lane; Sidewalks of New York; Thumbs Up. Under contract to motion-picture studios, wrote scores for Honeymoon Lane; Blaze O' Glory; Rainbow Man, and others. Also for movie shorts. Songs: "Back Home Again in Indiana"; "The Little White House (At the End of Honeymoon Lane)"; "Gee, But I Hate to Go Home Alone"; "Rose of Wash­ington Square"; "Second Hand Rose"; "No Foolin "; "Little Log Cabin of Dreams"; "Just a Cottage Small By a Waterfall"; "Sleepy Valley"; "Zing Went the Strings of My Heart"; "Breeze (Blow My Baby Back to Me)"; "Dig a Little Deeper"; "I'm a Lonesome Little Rainarop"; "My Man." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Home: 123 West 56 St., New York,
N.Y.
Hanson, Howard, composer, conduc­tor, educator; b. Wahoo, Neb., Oct. 28, 1896. ASCAP 1938. Educ.: Luther Junior Coll., Wahoo, Neb. (1911); Univ. of Nebraska School of Music, Lincoln, Neb. (1912-13); Inst, of Musical Art, New York (1914); Amer. Acad, in Rome, F.A.A.R. (1921-24). In Theory Dept, College of the Pacific, San Jose, Calif. 1916; Dean Cons, of Fine Arts, College of the Pacific 1919-21; Director, Eastman School of Music, Univ. of Rochester since 1924. Guest conductor symphony and philharmonic orchestras principal cities U.S. and Europe. Opera: Merry Mount. Orch. works: Symph. Prel­ude; Symph. Rhapsody; Symph. Legend, the Symph. poems Before the Dawn; Exaltation; North and West, Pan and the Priest; Lux Aeterna (with viola obbligato); Concerto (for organ and orch.); Nordic Sym­phony No. 1; Romantic Symphony No. 2; Suite from Merry Mount, Symphony No. 3; Fantasy (for str. orch.); conducted premiere of his Symphony No. 4 with Philh. Symph. Orch., Philadelphia 1944 (Pulitzer Prize 1944). Choral works: The Lament of Beowulf; Heroic Elegy. Chamber music: String Quartet (in one movement); Concerto da Camera (for piano and string quartet); Pas­torale for oboe and strings. Many songs, piano compositions, arrange­ments, etc. Home: Rochester, N.Y. Address: Eastman School of Music, Rochester, N.Y.
Harbach, Otto, playwright, author; b. Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. 18, 1873. ASCAP 1914 (charter member;
director 1920------; vice president
1936-40; president 1950------).
Educ.: Knox College, Bachelor of Arts,* 1895; Master of Arts, 1898; Doctor of Letters, 1934; Columbia
Hanlon, Bert, author, vaudeville ar­tist; b. New York, N.Y., Aug. 19, 1890. ASCAP 1923. Educ.: City-College. N.Y.C. Monologist in vaude­ville; musical shows on Broadway. To Hollywood under motion-picture contract; then to England. For several years in various pictures, often writ­ing dialogue for them. Songs: "Missis­sippi"; "I'd Like to Be a Monkey in the Zoo"; "Vamping Rose"; "Round on the End and High in the Middle (O-HI-O)"; "Omaha"; "Four Little Walls and Me"; "The Coat and Pants Do All the Work (and the Vest Gets All the Gravy)"; "Steven Got Even."