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Morse, Theodore
man's orchestra. Vaudeville enter­tainer. Wrote musical comedy, You'd Be Surprised, for London production. Now in orchestra booking business. Songs: "Ragtime Regiment Band"; "Kewpie Doll"; "Rose of Bagdad"; "Down Around the River"; "I've Had My Thrill"; "What Good Is Love"; "Tiddlee Winks"; "On the Bay of Old Bombay"; "Cute and Pretty"; "What Else Do I Know"; "Who's Who", "That's the Way My Honey Boy Makes Love"; "An Old Man's Darling"; "Uncle Sammy Boy"; "Cow­boy Bill"; "Pajama Blues"; "Sun­shine"; "An Old Fashioned Girl"; "Kangaroo Hop." Home: 37 Overlook Ter., New York 33, N.Y.
Morris, Robert, see Mikctta, Bob.
Morrisey, Will, composer, producer, comedian; b. New York, N.Y., June 19, 1887. ASCAP 1948. Educ.: New York public schools; Cooper Institute, New York (Engineering). World War I, in A.E.F. With George M. Cohan, formed Overseas Theatre League. Wrote special material for perform­ers. Producer of shows, New York and Hollywood. Scores for own produc­tions: Overseas Revues; Buzzin Around; Polly of Hollywood, The Newcomers; Salute. Songs: "Covered Wagon Days"; "Loving You the Way I Do." Home: Hollywood, Calif. Ad­dress. c/c ASCAP.
Morse, Arthur Cleveland, composer, editor; b. Boston, Mass., March 4, 1885; d. Plymouth, Mass., Jan. 15, 1950. ASCAP 1926. Educ: Boston public schools, Roxbury Latin School. Piano with Virginia Howe; harmony Dudley Hall; composition Carl Engel. Author of many articles on music; 1926-41 contributor, staff columnist, associate editor, editor and managing editor of Jacobs Magazines; Jacobs' Orchestra Monthly, Jacobs' Band Monthly and Melody. Secretary, treasurer Boston Music Publishers
Assn. (six terms); member National Music Educators Assn.; New England Music Festival Assn.; served advisory Boards of Eastern Music Camp Assn. Works: "Valse Poeme"; "Berceuse Russe"; "Serenade Populaire"; "Twi­light Falls"; "Love Sings a Song"; "In the Bazaar"; "Chant sans Paroles"; "A Marionette's Romance"; "By an Old Mill Stream"; "Paquita"; teaching pieces and salon music. Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Morse, Theodora, author, music pub­lishing executive; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., July 11, 1890. ASCAP 1914 (charter member). In youth wrote poetry, then began songwriting. Wrote under pseudonyms D. A. Esrom and Dorothy Terriss until death of hus­band, Theodore Morse (q.v.), then wrote under name of Dolly Morse. Songs: "Three O'clock in the Morn­ing"; "Sing Me Love's Lullaby"; "My* Wonderful One"; "Another Rag; "Siboney"; "Hail, Hail the Gang's All Here"; "When Uncle Joe Plays a Rag on his Old Banjo"; "Bobbin' Up and Down"; "I Always Knew I'd Find You"; "I Never Knew How Wonder­ful You Were"; "Baby Your Mother." Address: 64 Beech St., White Plains, N.Y.
Morse, Theodore, composer; b. Wash­ington, D.C., 1873; d. New York, May 25, 1924. ASCAP 1914 (charter member). Educ.: Maryland Military Acad.; studied violin and piano pri­vate tutors. Clerk in music publishing business then started own publish­ing house 1898, sold it 1900. Ac­tive as composer and publisher until death. Works: "Dear Old Girl"; "M-O-T-H-E-R"; "Hail, Hail the Gangs all Here"; "Good Bye My Blue Bell ; "Wise Old Owl"; "Down in Jungle Town"; "Up in a Cocoanut Tree"; "Keep a Little Cosy Corner in Your Heart For Me"; "Arra^Wanna"; "Way Down in My Heart I've Got a Feelin For You"; "Keep on the