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position in national competition for post of first violinist at State Opera House orch. Joined symph. orch., Moscow, under Serge Koussevitzky. Began study of composition under Rheingold Gliere. Shortly after arrival in U.S. became violinist with the Philadelphia Orch. Awarded degree of Doctor of Music 1940. Now head of Violin Department, Philadelphia Cons, of Music; member faculty, Vassar College; visiting associate professor Bard College. Works: Symphony in C; Symphonic poem Valley Forge (received publication award of the Juilliard Foundation); Concetti for violin and viola; Concert piece for cello, several works for chamber orchestra; three String Quartets (the second chosen by the Soc. for Publication of American Music), Music for Saxophone, Bassoon and Cello (awarded first prize AC A competition ) and other chamber music works; also compositions for chorus, piano solo, two pianos, organ and violin solo. Home. Pleasantville, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Kramer, A. Walter, composer, critic, editor, music publisher; b. New York, N.Y., Sept. 23, 1890. ASCAP 1917 (director 1941—).. Early musical educ: with father, Maximilian Kramer; later, violin with Carl Hauser and Richard Arnold. Coll. of City of New York 1910. Staff of Musical America 1910-22. In Germany, Italy, and Switzerland, advanced musical studies 1922-25. Returned to New York 1925. General Music Supervisor at inception of C.B.S. network 1927. Editor-in-Chief, Musical America 1929-36. Entered music publishing field 1936, as Managing Director and Vice President of Galaxy Music Corp. One of founders of Soc. for Publication of American Music 1919, President 1934-40; member Advisory Board League of Composers 1934-40; also U.S. Section of International Society for Contemporary Music. |
Works for orchestra: transcription of Bach's Chaconne; Two Symphonic Sketches for orchestra; Symphonic Rhapsody in F Minor for violin and orchestra. Piano: Toward Evening; Cypresses; Silhouette; A Fragment-When the Suns Gone Down. Violin: Chant Negre; In Elizabethan Days; Eklog, introd. by Fritz Kreisler. Organ: Concert Prelude in D Minor, his most extended work for this instrument. Published songs number 100, incl. "The Last Hour"; "The Great Awakening"; "I Have Seen Dawn"; "Swans"; "The Faltering Dusk"; and his sonnet cycle: Beauty of Earth. Wrote more than fifty choral compositions; many transcriptions for string orchestra, solo instruments with piano. Home: New York, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Kramer, Alex Charles, composer, author, pianist-conductor, music publisher, b. Montreal, Canada, May 30, 1903. ASCAP 1942. Educ.: McGill Cons, of Music, Montreal; also studied with Gardner and Hungerford. Organized own orchestra and conducted radio programs in Montreal. To New York 1938, vaudeville accompanist, vocal coach, orchestra conductor. Became staff composer and author for N.Y. music publishing house 1940; formed own music publishing house 1947. Songs: "High on a Windy Hill"; "So You're the One"; "It All Comes Back to Me Now"; "My Sister and I"; "It's Love, Love, Love"; "Candy"; "That's the Beginning of the End"; "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens"; "Money Is the Root of All Evil"; "Comme Ci Comme Ca"; "I Only Saw Him Once"; "Love Somebody'; "Dangerous Dan McGrew"; "Far Away Places"; "My Own Bit of Land." Home: Forest Hills, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Kramer, Alexander Milton (Alex M.), composer, arranger, researcher, cellist; b. New York, N.Y., Sept. 13, 1893. |
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