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Montani, Nicola A. |
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cording artist; b. Akron, Ohio, Oct. 7, 1911. ASCAP 1945. At twelve, started trumpet. In high school, 1926, as trumpet player won second place in national amateur musician contest. Trumpeter in local night clubs two years. Returned to school, music at Carnegie Institute of Technology; worked his way by playing dance band trumpet. Studied music rudiments and voice. Trumpeter with band two years; then a trumpeter and singer in own band, became band leader in motion picture theater, ballrooms, and hotels. In 1944, trombone replaced trumpet. Wrote Official Corps song for 28th Bombardment Wing, U.S.A.A.F. In 1949, chosen as Ambassador from Pennsylvania for outstanding achievement in his field. Songs: "Racing with the Moon"; "Caboose on a Slow Freight"; "Chocolate Choo Choo"; "I'm Easy to Get Along With"; "The Pleasure Is All Mine"; "Rasputin's Tootin' "; "Candy's Classy Chassis"; "Boston Rocker"; "Something Sentimental"; "Singin' My Way Back Home"; "Mexican" Trail'; "Cry Cry Cry"; "Boot Black Man From Gramercy Square." Home: 73 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass.
Montana, Patsy, composer, author, radio, stage, and recording artist; b. Hot Springs, Ark., Oct. 30, 1914. ASCAP 1950. Educ: Hope, Ark., public schools. Studied violin, Univ. of West Los Angeles, Calif. Singer in radio; became one of the "Montana Trio," appeared in motion picture shorts. Songs: "Me and My Cowboy Sweetheart"; "A Cowboy's Gal'; "Little Mountaineer Mother"; "My Poncho Pony"; "Sweetheart of the Saddle"; "I Know de Lawd is Watching"; "The Buckaroo"; "I've Found My Cowboy's Sweetheart"; "Cowboy Rhythm"; "The Moon Hangs Low'; "Little Rose of the Prairie"; "The Call of Montana and You"; "Back on Montana Plains"; "Yodeler's Serenade"; |
"I'm a Little Cowboy GfrlV'Give Me a Home in Montana"; "I Wanna Yodel"; "Shine On My Boots"; "Sunny San Antone"; "I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart"; "My Baby's Lullaby"; "Montana Plains'; "Where the Mountains Meet the Sky"; "The Yokel Loved to Yodel"; "Got No Time." Home: Box R Ranch, Route 2, Hot Springs, Ark.
Montani, Nicola A., composer, educator, conductor; b. Utica, N.Y., Nov. 6, 1880; d. Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 11, 1948. ASCAP 1937. Educ.: Indianapolis parochial schools. Early musical instruction under brother, Gaetano, violinist. Other teachers: H. D. Beis-senherz, Leipzig; Charles Schultz, Stuttgart; organ, William Donley, Canada. Composition, Don Lorenzo Perosi, Director Sistine Chapel Choir, Rome; Gregorian Chant, Monsignor A. Rella and Baron Kanzler, 1904-05. Specialized in Gregorian Chant under Dom Mocquereau and Dom Eudine, Isle of Wight. Organist and Choirmaster, Church of St. John the Evangelist, Phila. 1906-23; Church of St. Paul the Apostle, New York 1923-25. From 1925 until death professor and director Choral Music at various Eastern Colleges and academies. In 1914, co-founder of the Soc. of St. Gregory of America (office recognized by Pope Benedict XV for the restoration of Gregorian Chant and polyphony in Catholic Choirs). Founder and editor, office bulletin of Soc. of St. Gregory: Catholic Choirmaster, 1914-41. Made Knight Commander of the Order of St. Sylvester with insignia the Count's Cross, 1928. Liturgical editor for music publishing firms. Rec'd Liturgical Music Award, 1947. Editor, compiler of widely used Sf. Gregory Hymnal, a book issued in Braille by the Library of Congress, U.S. Government. Works: Stabat Mater, oratorio; Missa Festiva; Missa Solemnis; many other Masses |
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