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trumpet with private teachers. Enlisted in World War I. Left college to work as musician; played trumpet in various theaters on West Coast, also on radio and in motion pictures. To Hawaii 1934, became band leader at Royal Hawaiian Hotel. At present music teacher in Honolulu public schools. Songs: "Little Brown Gal"; "Hilo Hattie"; "Hainaia mai Kapu-ana"; "Evening in the Islands"; "South Sea Sadie"; "Do the Hula." Home: 1969 Makiki St., Honolulu, Hawaii.
MacDonald, Ballard, author; b. Portland, Ore., Oct. 15, 1882; d. Forest Hills, N.Y., Nov. 17, 1935. ASCAP 1914 (charter member). Educ: Princeton Univ. Wrote special material for vaudeville artists. Wrote play Battling Butler and songs and special material for motion pictures. Songs: "Somebody Loves Me", "Anything Can Happen"; "Beautiful Ohio"; "Rose of Washington Square"; "There's a Girl in the Heart of Maryland"; "On the Mississippi", "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers"; "Bend Down, Sister"; "Second Hand Rose"; "By the Sea"; "Back Home In Indiana"; "It Takes a Little Rain with the Sunshine to Make the World Go Round"; "On the Trail of the Lonesome Pine"; "Play That Barber Shop Chord"; "Somebody Else Not Me"; "Down In Bom Bombay"; "She Is the Sunshine of Virginia"; "Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie"; "Two Little Birds." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
McDonald, Harl, composer, pianist, organist, choral director, educator, musical executive; b. Boulder, Col., July 27, 1899. ASCAP 1937. Of musical family, early musical education with mother. Educated in music with Vernon Spencer, Ernest Douglas, faroslaw de Zielinski; Univ. of Red-lands; Univ. of S. Calif., bachelor's degree 1918; Leipzig Univ. Became |
professional musician playing horn with Los Angeles Symph. and in churches; directed choirs. Won prizes American Federation of Music Clubs and Los Angeles Philh. Orch. and Ballet for compositions. Taught Aca-demie Tournefort, Paris. Returning to U.S. became accompanist and assisting artist for concert singers; gave recitals and lectures. Soloist with San Francisco Symph. Orch. Editorial work for numerous publications; joined faculty of Univ. of Pa. as lecturer on composition and became director of Music Dept. Elected Sigma Xi for research into measurement of sound (Rockefeller Foundation). Business manager Philadelphia Symph. Orch. Works: symphonic fantasy, Mojavc; orch. suite Festival of the Workers; Symphony No. 1, Santa Fe Trail; Symphony No. 2, Rhumha; Symphony No. 3, Tragic Cycle; Symphony No. 4; two piano concertos; Three Poems on Aramic Themes; organ setting for 84th Psalm, Fantasy for string quartet; two trios; Quartet on Negro Themes; My Country at War, symphonic suite; Violin Concerto; From Childhood, suite for haq) and orchestra; Song of Free Nations for soprano and orchestra; Dirge for Two Veterans, for women's chorus and orch.; Childrens Symphony (on Familiar Tunes); Secular Cantata, God, Give us Men, for mixed chorus and symph. orch.; Children's Overture, An Overnight Scout Hike; about 150 published minor works for piano, voice, violin, chorus, etc. Home: 328 Midland Ave., St. Davids, Pa.
MacDonough, Glenn, author; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Nov. 12, 1870; d. Stamford, Conn., Mar. 30, 1924. ASCAP 1914 (one of the nine original founders). Educ: The Gunnery and Manhattan College. Writer of lvrics chiefly to music of Victor Herbert and Raymond Hubbell, for |
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