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Henderson, Charles E.
by army as official song. Address: Es­tate, c/o ASCAP.
Hein, Silvio, composer, conductor; b. New York, March 15, 1879; d. Saranac Lake, N.Y., Dec. 19, 1928. ASCAP 1914 (charter member; di­rector 1914-28; one of nine founders of ASCAP). Of musical parentage, first taught by mother; harmony self-taught. Musical comedies: Molly Moonshine; The Boys and Betty, Judy Forgot; A Matinee Idol; The Yankee Girl; Flo Flo; Furs and Frills; When Dreams Come True; All Over Town. Songs: "Don't Be What You Ain't"; "All Dressed Up and No Place to Go"; "Arab Love Song"; "He's a Cousin of Mine"; "Some Little Bug"; "Old Man Noah"; "Hottentot Love Song", "Maurice Tango"; " 'Twas in September", "I Love the Last One the Best of All", "Heart of My Heart." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Heindorf, Ray John, composer, con­ductor, arranger; b. Haverstraw, N.Y., Aug. 25, 1908. ASCAP 1945. Educ: New York public schools; Troy Cons, of Music. Musical from childhood; at fourteen became pianist in movie theater. Active in Hollywood studios scoring pictures. Acad. Award 1943 for scoring film This Is the Army. Songs: "I'm In a jam", "Some Sunny Day"; "Some Sunday Morning"; "Hollywood Canteen"; "Melancholy Rhapsody." Home. Encmo, Calif. Ad-diess: c,'o ASCAP.
Heifer, Walter, composer, educator; b. Lawrence, Mass., Sept. 30, 1896. ASCAP 1941. Educ: Harvard Univ., Bachelor of Arts, 1919; Columbia Univ., Master of Arts, 1934, com­position with Stuart Mason, Boston; Georges Cassaude, Paris; Ottorino Respighi, Rome. World War I, U.S.A. Signal Corps, served with 34th Bal­loon Co., A.E.F., as wireless operator. Won Endicott Prize, New England Cons. 1923; Fellowship in Music,
Amer. Acad, in Rome 1925; Phi Beta Kappa member 1939. Teacher of Latin and French, Mitchell Military School, Lowell, Mass., 1922-24. Di­rector of music, Deane School, Santa Barbara, 1924-25. Joined faculty, Hunter College 1929 as assistant professor, became associate professor 1939; 1938-50 served as department chairman. Member: Advisory Com­mittee on Music, Fulbright Div., Inst, of International Educ.; Advisory Committee, Society for Publication of Amer. Music; Academia Nacional de Artes Y Letras, Havana. Works: Nocturne for Piano, String Quartet in G; Appassionato for Violin and Piano; Elegiac Sonata for Piano; Soliloquy for Violoncello and Piano. For cham­ber orch.: Fantasy on Children's Tune; Water Idyl; Prelude to a Mid­summer Night's Dream (Paderewski Prize 1938); Concertino Elegiaco; also In Modo Giocoso for full orch. Many choral works for various voice combinations. Home: 75 Eighth St., New Rochelle, N.Y.
Hemsley, Josephine, author; b. Mont-clair, N.J., Aug. 15, 1880. ASCAP 1950. Educ.: high school; attended art schools, N.Y.C., including Acad, of Design and Art League. Commer­cial artist; then wrote short stories and verse for various magazines and newspapers. Reporter for New York Post. Member New Jersey Women's Press Club. Songs: "Modern Lullaby"; "Walking By"; "Valley At Home"; "Anne Mary." Choral works: I've Got Today; To Make a Garden Grow; Little Bay Mare; Little Boy. Home: 41 N. Fullerton Ave., Montclair, N.J.
Henderson, Charles E., composer, author; b. Boston, Mass., Jan. 19, 1907. ASCAP 1931. Educ.: Harvard Univ., Bachelor of Arts 1928. Pianist, arranger and vocal arranger for pop­ular orchestras; arranger and com­poser, motion-picture studios. Mu­sical director film studio. Producer of