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Morgan, Haydn, composer; b. Van Wert County, Ohio, March 25, 1898. ASCAP 1949. Educ.: Wooster Col-lege, Wooster, Ohio; Noithwestern Univ.; Cornell Univ.; New York Univ., B.S.M., M.A. Supervisor of music, Public schools, Bellefontaine, Ohio; Mannington, West Va.; Find-lay, Ohio; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Newton, Mass. Head Dept. of Music, Michigan State Normal College, Ypsilanti, Mich., since 1941. Visiting instructor of music education at Buffalo State Teachers College, New England Cons, of Music, Boston Univ., Univ. of Southern California and Harvard Univ. Director of civic choral societies and church choirs. Member Music Educators National Conference; Michigan Composers Club. Works for chorus: "Bow Down Thine Ear O Lord"; "Song of Friendship"; "Go Not Far From Me Oh Lord"; "Thy Word is a Light"; "Snowflakes"; "Reverence and Praise"; "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child." Home: Ypsilanti, Mich. Address: Michigan State Normal College, Ypsilanti, Mich.
Morgan, Russ, composer, director, arranger, pianist, trombonist, recording artist, stage and screen performer; b. Scranton, Pa., April 29, 1904. ASCAP 1939. Of musical parentage. Educ.: Scranton pubhc schools. At fourteen left coal mines to become pianist in Scranton Theater. At eighteen to N.Y. becoming trombonist with popular orchestras; arranger for Sousa and Victor Herbert. Made European tour as trombonist, then became organizer, arranger and leader of Jean Goldkette Orch., Detroit. Band director of State and Capitol theaters; musical director radio and arranger for Detroit Symph. orch. Arranger for George White's Scandals, Cotton Club Revues, and Capitol Theater; recording company executive. Organized own orchestra 1939, and became hotel, night club, |
recording and radio attraction. Works: "Does Your Heart Beat for Me"; "Please Think of Me"; "Sweet Eloise"; "Somebodv Else is Taking My Place"; "So Long'; "You Gorgeous Dancing Doll"; "Wise Guy"; "Flower of Dawn"; "Homespun"; "So Tired"; "Don't Cry Sweetheart"; "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You"; "Tell Me You Love Me." Home: 712 N. Palm Dr., Beverly Hills, Calif.
Moritt, Fred G., composer, author; b. New York, N.Y., Oct. 5, 1905. ASCAP 1949. Educ.: Brooklyn Law School of St. Lawrence Univ., LLB Degree 1927. Music with private tutors. Lawyer and member of N.Y. State Legislature (State Senator) 1938 to present. Baritone soloist various radio programs, stage and night clubs. Songs. "Cansado"; "Oh Willie I'm Waiting." Also English translation of Prologue to Fagliacci; Elegy, poem. Home: 751 St. Mark's Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y.
Moritz, Edvard, composer; b. Hamburg, Germany, June 23, 1891. ASCAP 1939. Educ.: in music with Paul Juon, Nikisch, Flesch, Berlin; Diemer, Marsick, Debussy, Paris. Conducted in Paris, Berlin, New York, Philadelphia, Hamburg, Wiesbaden, Breslau, Stuttgart, London, and Stockholm. Works: four symphonies; six Violin Sonatas; Viola Sonata; Gitanjali, symphony for baritone and orch.; Burleske for orch.; Rondo Giocoso for orch.; Saxophone Concerto; Cello Concerto; Violin Concerto; Concerto for Violin and Cello; two Piano Concertos; Divertimento for string and timpani; Der Klingende Garten, symphony for voice and orch.; six String Quartets; solo pieces for piano; Italian Overture; The Blue Bird, suite; American Overture; The Animated Intervals, suite for small orch.; two hundred songs. Home: 257 W. 86 St., New York, N.Y. |
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