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28 Crestmont Ave., Sherwood Park, Yonkers 4, N.Y.
Josten, Werner, composer, conductor, educator; b. Elberfeld, Germany, June 12, 1885. ASCAP 1939. To U.S. 1921. Left business career for music. Studied with Rudolf Siegel, Munich; Jaques-Dalcroze, Geneva. Conductor in Munich and Paris. Since 1923, Professor of Music, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.; conductor of joint Amherst and Smith College Orch. Director opera festivals, Northampton. Gave first American performances of operas by Monteverdi, Handel, and Fux. Publication awards Juilliard Musical Foundation 1931 and 1938. Compositions: Concerto Sacro No. I and II; two Symphonies; three Ballets, Serenade (for orch.); Jungle (symphonic movement); String Quartet; Sonatas for piano; violin and piano; cello and piano; choral works; forty published songs. Home: 95 Round Hill, Northampton, Mass.
Jurgens, Dick, composer, author, director, radio, recording, and dance-hall artist; b. Sacramento, Calif., Jan. 9, 1911. ASCAP 1941. Educ: Univ. |
, of California. Toured U.S. with own orchestra; perennial attraction Aragon Ball Room, Chicago. U.S. Marines , 1942-45, heading tour all-Marine , show. Works: "Elmer's Tune"; "Careless"; "It's a Hundred to One I'm in . Love"; "If I Knew Then What I ; Know Now"; "Million Dreams Ago"; r "Knit One, Purl Two"; "One Dozen Roses"; "You Turned Me Down"; , "That Old Mission Bell"; "Day f Dreams Come True at Night." Home: ) Sacramento, Calif. Address: % ■ ASCAP.
Jurmann, Walter, composer; b. Aus-i tria, Oct. 12, 1903. ASCAP 1938. For some years composer in Vienna; > to U.S. 1935 and since then scoring and songwriting for motion pictures in Hollywood. Scores: Three Smart Girls; Escapade, Mutiny on the Bounty; A Day at the Races; Pre-I senting Lily Mars. Songs: "All God's i Chillun Got Rhythm"; "Blue Venetian Waters"; "Tomorrow's Another Day"; "You're All I Need"; "You and the Waltz and I"; "When I Look at You"; "Is it Really Love?"; "In the Spirit of the Moment"; "Just for a While"; "San Francisco." Home: 404 Shirley Place, Beverly Hills, Calif. |
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Kadison, Philip, composer, author; b. New York, N.Y., Dec. 1, 1919. ASCAP 1949. Educ: Mamaroneck High School; Horace Mann High School; Harvard Univ., B.A.; Juilliard Music School. Wrote for Hasty Pudding Productions 1940-41. Scored A Nice Place to Visit, 1946 summer stock, Lake George, N.Y. Songs: "A Trip Doesn't Care At AH"; "At an Old Time Movie Theatre"; "Just For You"; "A Trout No Doubt." Home: 875 West End Ave., New York, N.Y.
Kahal, Irving, author; b. Houtzdale, Pa., March 5, 1903; d. New York, N.Y., Feb. 7, 1942. ASCAP 1927. |
Educ.: Winsted, Conn., and New York public schools. At sixteen, won art scholarship at Cooper Union. At eighteen, began songwriting. At early age singer with theatrical companies, Gus Edwards' Minstrels. To Hollywood 1932, wrote songs for motion pictures; also wrote songs for Broadway productions. Songs: "Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella"; "Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine"; "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me"; "There Ought to Be a Moonlight Saving Time"; "The Night is Young and You're so Beautiful"; "When I Take My Sugar to Tea"; "By a Waterfall"; "I Can |
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