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and Doctor of Music, Bates College. Works: operettas, Little Almond Eyes; Swords and Scissors. For organ: Meditation; Reverie; Spring Song; Cradle Song; Scotch Fantasia. Cantata, The Message of the Cross; anthems and other sacred music, setting for "America the Beautiful." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
MacFayden, Alexander, composer, pianist, teacher; b. Milwaukee, Wis., July 12, 1879; d. Milwaukee, Wis., June 6, 1936. ASCAP 1939. Educ: Chicago Musical Coll., making debut as pianist Chicago 1905; played as concertist in recitals and with symphony orchestras. Taught Wisconsin Coll. of Music, Milwaukee; Chicago Cons, of Music, awarded honorary Doctor of Music Chicago Cons. 1932. Wis. Federation of Music Clubs has established biennial $50 prize for state winner piano composition m N.F.M.C. Young Artists Contest as MacFayden memorial. Works: "Cradle Song"; "Inter Nos"; "Just for You"; "Home"; "Love and Wait"; "Love's Springtide"; "Sing It Mother, Sing It Low"; "Oh Let Me Ever Know"; "Rolling Stones"; "Little Boy Blue"; "Slender Your Hands." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
MacCimsey, Robert, composer, author, singer, lecturer, whistler, radio and recording artist; b. Pineville, La., Sept. 7. ASCAP 1938. Of musical parentage. Educ: Alexandria Bolton High School; studied for "bar at night while secretary to U.S. Senator Rans-dell, Washington; Doctor of Music, Los Angeles Cons, of Music and Arts, 1950. Early musical educ. with mother; boy soprano in church choir. After high school, studied theory, piano, and organ at Inst, of Musical Art; composition with Cesare So-dero; voice with Oscar Seagle. After a year's practice in law, whistled in Gene Austin's recording of "My Blue Heaven." This brought many record- |
ing and radio engagements featuring unique ability to whistle in harmony two or three tones simultaneously. At fourteen, began writing songs in folksong idiom of the South. Works: "Shadrack, Meshack, Abednigo"; "Sweet Little Jesus Boy"; "Down to de Rivah"; "Trouble"; "Thunderin, Wonderin' "; "Land uv Degradashun"; "Daniel in the Lion's Den"; "Old Slave"; "Roofs"; "Jonah and the Whale"; "To My Mother"; "Our Father"; "I Saw You There in the Moonlight"; "My Child Asleep"; "On a Mirror Lake Sea"; "Tower of Babel"; "I Am a Vagabond"; "My Lovely One"; "Think on These Things"; "Jeri-Jericho." Home: New York, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
McGrane, Paul James, composer; b. Hanover, Germany, Oct. 22, 1902. ASCAP 1943. To U.S. 1902; citizen. Educ.: Institute of Musical Art, New York. Contributed to musical productions Hold Your Horses; Flea Circus, Ballet; Who's Who; It's You I Want; One Sunday Morning in June; also for various Radio City Music Hall productions. Operates own recording company. Wrote scores for Stars On Ice, first and second editions. Songs: "Juke Box Saturday Night"; "Big Broad Smile"; "Little Jack Frost"; "Gin Rummy, I Love You"; "Hohokus, N.J."; "Hayfoot-Strawfoot"; "Powder Blue"; "Thumb-music For a Hitch-Hiker"; "Try Not to Forget"; "To Bed Early"; "Whirlpool"; "The Peddler's Serenade"; "If a Man Answers, Hang Upl"; "Blue Ribbon Gal", "Billy the Kid"; "What's Makin' Me Cry? ; "Baby's In Bermuda"; "In the Dark"; "Foolish Pride." Home: 34 Hillside Ave., New York 34, N.Y.
MacGregor, J. Chalmers (Chummy), composer, author, pianist, arranger; b. Saginaw, Mich., Mar. 28, 1903. ASCAP 1943. Educ.: Saginaw public schools and Ann Arbor high |
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