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Paskman, Dailey
ASCAP 1934. Of musical parentage, studied piano under John Orth; har­mony Stephen A. Emery; composition with George W. Chadwick. To Mu­nich 1881, entered Royal Coll., stud­ied organ Josef Rheinberger. Returned to New York; became organist and choirmaster; taught counterpoint at National Cons. Won prize for cantata The Dream King and His Love. Or­ganist at Trinity Episcopal Church, Boston. Became professor of music Yale Univ. 1894. Organist in Boston in early days at Yale; organized New Haven Symph. orch. In 1902, re­ceived Doctor of Music Degree from Cambridge Univ., England. Member of American Academy of Arts and Letters. Works: oratorio, Hora Novis-sima (first American work in Three Choirs Festival, Worcester, England); opera, Mona ($10,000 prize Metro­politan Opera Company); opera, Fairyland ($10,000 prize Natl. Federation of Music Clubs); Con­certo for Organ and orchestra; Star Song, Cahal Mor of the Winde Red Hand; A Distant AngeJorum Chori; A Wanderers Psalm; The Legend of St. Christopher; Seven Greek Pastoral Scenes; The Morning and Evening Service (together with the office ior Holy Communion, Episcopal Church); Union and Liberty, pa­triotic song with orch. Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Parrish, Avery, composer; b. Birming­ham, Ala., Jan. 24, 1917. ASCAP 1947. Piano solos: "After Hours"; "Swing Out"; "Blackout." Song: "Be­cause of You"; "So Tired." Home: New York, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Pascal, Milton, author, librettist; b. New York, N.Y., Jan. 21, 1908. ASCAP 1940. Educ: Townsend Harris Hall, City Coll. of New York, Bachelor of Arts, Columbia Univ., Bachelor of Letters. Wrote for Colum­bia Varsity Shows 1928-29 Oh Hector, first prize contest of Coll.
Humor Magazine. Co-author score of Artists and Models, 1943 edition; Follow the Girls; songs for motion pictures, and special material for vaudeville artists. Songs: "Swing Low, Sweet Harriet"; "I Wanna Get Married"; "Where You Are"; "Follow the Girls"; "Twelve O'clock and All is Well"; "Gotta Go to Work Again"; "Waitin' for a Street Car"; "Running a Temperature"; "Today will Be Yesterday Tomorrow"; "The Wobblin' Goblin"; "Guffy the Goofy Gobbler"; "I Don't Want A Lot for Christmas." Home: 1081 Jerome Ave., Bronx 52, N.Y.
Pascoe, Richard W., author; b. Pen­zance, Cornwall, Eng., Dec. 5, 1888. ASCAP 1938. Educ.: Thome's Abbey School. To U.S. 1907. Started writing lyrics 1914. Toured Midwestern states singing his songs over counters in five- and ten-cent stores; introduced them over air in several Detroit radio stations. Songs: "The Girl of the Limberlost"; "Hong Kong"; "That Tumble Down Shack in Athlone"; "Little Town in the Ould County Down"; "Faded Love Letters"; "When It's Night Time m Nevada"; "Tenderly Think of Me"; "In My Heart There's a Part of the Prairie"; "At the End of an Irish Lane"; "I Want a Pardon for Daddv"; "Holding Hands"; "Dream Town"; "I Like To Go Back in the Evening"; "Day By Day"; "Carry on, America", "By the Bridge of San Luis Rey"; "When a Colleen From Killar-ney Met a Lad From Ould Tralee"; "Sweet Maid of Old Navarre"; "Some­body Laughs When Somebody Cries"; "By the Dreamy Countryside"; "Faded Rose"; "That Old Swiss Chalet in the Rockies." Home: 6127 Harvard Rd., Detroit 24, Mich.
Paskman, Dailey, author, stage, radio, and screen producer; b. Philadelphia, Pa., July 24, 1897. ASCAP 1922. Educ.: Philadelphia public schools; Brown Preparatory School, Philadel-