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ied organ with John P. Marshall; composition Bainbridge Crist; advanced studies Italy, France, England 1924-27; again 1929-30. Musical editor The Delineator; associate editor Musical Observer; contributing editor Musical America, Etude and The Musician. Managing editor Musical Courier. In 1939, head Federal Government W.P.A. Music project, New York, comprising three symphony orchestras; popular orchestras, string quartets, choruses and fifteen hundred personnel. Former vice pres. National Assn. American Composers, and Conductors, member The Bohemians. Works. Imagery, orch. suite; Joyance, for strings; Streets of Florence, orch. suite, Astarte, tone poem; In the American Manner, sonatina for orch. based on jazz themes, Music for Strings; Three Four Songs: "The Three Cherry Trees", "Absence"; "The Rose and the Gardener", "Thy Dark Hair", "Dirge"; "Coming Home." Home: No. Weare, N.H.
Johnson, Howard E., author; b. Waterbury, Conn., June 2, 1887; d. New York, N.Y., May 1, 1941. ASCAP 1917. Educ: Torrington High School; studied music with private tutors. Pianist from childhood, gave up plans to become electrical engineer to make music life work. After brief career as pianist in Boston theaters, became staff writer for New York publishing houses. World War I, in Navy. Musical comedies: Tangerine; Paradise Alley. Songs: "M-O-T-H-E-R"; "Ireland Must Be Heaven For My Mother Came From There"; "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain"; "Where Do We Go From Here"; "A Broken Heart For Every Light On Broadway"; "Go Feather Your Nest"; "Sally and Irene and Mary"; "Best Things In Life Are Free ; "Sweet Lady"; "Ice Cream, You Scream"; "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?"; "I Don't Want to Get Well"; "What Do We Do On A |
Dew-Dew Dewy Day"; "I Know I Got More Than My Share"; "He May Be Old But He Has Young Ideas"; "Am I Wasting My Time On You"; "I Cry Myself to Sleep Over You"; "Camp, Camp, Campin On Your Doorstep'; "Dancing the Blues Away"; "Honolulu Eyes"; "Rock a Bye Moon"; "When Mother Sings Sweet and Low." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Johnson, J. C, composer, author; b. Chicago, 111., Sept. 14, 1896. ASCAP 1932. Of musical parentage. Educ.: Phillips High School, Chicago. While in school organized own orchestra. Active as pianist leader in Chicago, New York; gave up conducting for composition. Founder and president of Crescendo Club; founder and president of Good Hearts Welfare Assn., Inc., both in New York. Contributes articles to magazines and newspapers. World War II, Lieut, in U.S. Army Ambulance Corps. Musical shows: Change Your Luck; Runnin the Town. Also music for night club revues. Songs: "Trav'lin All Alone"; "Little Black Boy"; "Louisiana"; "How Long is the Journey"; "Lord Whatcha Gonna Do Wid Me"; "Dusky Stevedore"; "You Can't Do What My Last Man Did"; "When?"; "Do What You Did Last Night"; "Empty Bed Blues"; "Guess Who's in Town ; "The Joint is Jumpin'"; "Somebody Loses, Somebody Wins"; "Three Kisses"; "It's Wearin' Me Down"; "Dancin Way Your Sins"; "That's How Rhythm Was Born"; "Believe It Beloved"; "Don't Let Your Love Go Wrong"; "Rhythm and Romance"; "Inside this Heart of Mine"; "Without a Shadow of a Doubt"; "Cryin My Heart Out for You"; "Patty Cake Baker Man"; "The Spider and the Fly"; "Yankee Doodle Tan." Home: New York, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Johnson, J. Rosamond, composer, author, educator; b. Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 11, ASCAP 1927. Music with |
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