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Millay, Edna St. Vincent |
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sical theatricals. Naval officer, world cruise 1907. Pioneer in submarines. Exec. Off. Mass. Nautical School. Armed guard duty and Division Comdr. Submarines World War I. Duty Philippines, Yangtse Patrol, Comdt. Guantanamo, Cuba. World War II, Comdt. Frontier Base, Norfolk; retired 1945; entered Merchant Marines, master. Formed and trained Navy orchestras and choral groups. Song: "Anchors Aweigh." Home: Lakewood, Norfolk 9, Va.
Miles, C. Austin, composer, author; b. Lakehurst, N.J., Jan. 7, 1868, d. Philadelphia, Pa., March 10, 1946. ASCAP 1925. Educ: Haddonfield N.J., public schools, Philadelphia Coll. of Pharmacy; Univ. of Pa. Choir Director for forty years; director of music, N.J. Conference of Camp Meeting Assoc, for twenty-five years; director of music at conventions, etc. Editor, manager, Hall-Mack Co. for thirty-seven years; then Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Co. Compiled and edited books of sacred songs and hymns. Works: "In the Garden"; "If Jesus Goes with Me"; "Come Rest a While", "In the Upper Garden"; "Dwelling m Beulah Land"; "He is Mine"; "Still Sweeter Every Day"; "The Stranger by the Sea"; "The Cloud and the Fire"; The Red Santa Clans, cantata; Mary, cantata; "White Crosses", "Wide Horizons." Address: Estate, c< ASCAP.
Miles, Richard (Dick), composer; b. Dorchester, Mass., Nov. 3, 1916. ASCAP 1946. Educ: Mechanical Arts High School, Boston; New England Cons, of Music. Songs: "I'll Remember Suzanne"; "Jose Gonzales"; "The Coffee Song"; "Lover, Are You There?"; "It Was Nice While the Money Rolled In." Home: Woodside, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Miles, Walter E., composer, b. Grand Rapids, Mich., May 10, 1885. ASCAP 1925. Educ.: public schools; wrote |
musical shows for high school plays; studied harmony and composition with private tutors. Wrote music for amateur entertainments. Active in mercantile pursuits, made songwriting an avocation. Works: "Sparklets"; "Curl-i-cues"; "Painted Clouds"; "Laughing Waters"; "Dancing Leaves"; "Tulips", "The Water Bug", "Cupid's Frolics"; "Coral Moon", "Valse Danseuse"; "Powder and Patches"; "Sweet For-Get-Me-Nots"; "Pastelles"; "The Fountain"; "Dainty Daffodils"; "Valse Charme"; "Butterfly Dance"; "June Breezes"; "Moonlight Ballet"; "Fireflies"; "Driftwood"; "In Our Wonderful Garden of Love"; "Get Baptism "; "Eventide"; "Water Wheel", "Blow, Blow, Soft Evening Breeze", "The Mill Wheel"; "Lazy Palms", "Water Hyacinths"; "American Students' March"; "Whispering Sands"; Birdland Sketches (suite). Home. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Millay, Edna St. Vincent, poet, author, b. Rockland, Me., Feb. 22, 1892; d. Austcrlitz, N.Y., Oct. 19, 1950. ASCAP 1934. Educ.: Vassar Coll., B.A. 1917, Tufts, Doctor of Letters; Russell Sage Foundation Coll.; Colby Coll.; Univ. of Wis., Doctor of Letters; New York Univ., Doctor of Humane Letters. Member American Acad, of Arts and Letters. More than one hundred poems set to music. Winner Pulitzer Prize 1923 for best volume of verse. Volumes of verse: Renascence; Second April, A Few Figs from Thistles, Aria da Capo; The Lamp and the Bell; Two Slatterns and a King, The Harp Weaver and Other Poems; The Buck in the Snow; Fatal Interview; Wine from These Grapes; Conversation at Midnight; Huntsman, What Quami? Wrote libretto grand opera, The King's Henchmen (music by Deems Taylor). Poems set to music: "Elaine"; "God's World"; "Thursday"; "From a Very Little Sphinx"; "My Candle"; |
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