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Pasteraack, Josef A.
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phia; Columbia Univ. Studied music at Philadelphia Cons, and with Dr. Alfred G. Robyn. Began career as newspaperman and press representa­tive of theaters. Co-producer of Chu Chin Chow; Mecca; Aphrodite; The Miracle. Organized radio station, 1924, directed entertainment pro­grams. Pioneer in chain broadcasting. Author of Gentlemen Be Seated; Blackface and Music. Author of screen stories, The Honey Boy; The Yama Yama Girl. Works: operettas, Two Hearts in Three Quarter Time; The Lost Waltz; Bublitchki. Songs: "Chan-sonette"; "On the Blue Lagoon"; "In Love With Love"; "Give Me a Song to Remember"; "The Answer in Your Eyes"; "In the Night"; ^Whistle a. Happy Refrain"; "You", "My Love"; "Anuschki"; "Calling Love"; "So Waits My Heart"; "Johnny Dear"; "Our Prayer." Home: New York, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Pasternack, Josef A., composer, con­ductor, musical director, b. Czen-stachowa (Russian Poland), July 1, 1881; d. Chicago, 111., April 29, 1940. ASCAP 1929. Of musical parentage. At four, violin, with father, band leader. At ten, under Michailowski and Noskowski, at Warsaw Cons, of Music. Mastered practically all instru­ments. To U.S. as youth on concert tour; remained as violist with Metro­politan Opera Orch.; under patronage of Toscanini, became conductor. To Europe as conductor, Bremen Opera; recalled by Metropolitan as conduc­tor of opera and Sunday Evening Concerts for several years. Director and conductor of Philadelphia Philh. five years. In 1916 conductor Boston "Pops" Orch.; then chief musical di­rector phonograph company until 1928. Conductor of most of outstand­ing recordings of the period. From 1928-40, conductor and musical di­rector radio symphonic and classical programs, operas and motion pictures. Works: orchestral transcriptions and
arrangements; own compositions, operetta Princess Clou; also Czardas Buda Pesth; Fruhlingsliebe; Vanity Fair; Rustic Idyl; Giovanna; Heart-aches; Just a Sweetheart; Agitato Lamentoso; Clover Blossoms; Arle-quine; Garden Frolics; Throbbing Hearts; Mischievous Spirits; Martha Washington Minuet. For voice: "Mad­rigal"; "Habanera"; "Taps." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Patterson, Wiley White (Pat Reis), composer, author; b. Chatham, Vir­ginia, July 20, 1910. ASCAP 1950. Songs: "Yes, Yes Honey"; "Pancho's Rancho"; "Mama Said"; "When You're Not There"; "I Don't Know How to Win You"; "I'm Feelm Tender 'Bout a Tenderfoot." Home: Darien, Conn. Address: % ASCAP.
Paull, E. T., composer, author, b. Gerrardstown, W. Va., Feb. 16, 1858, d. Nov. 25, 1924. ASCAP 1921. Com­poser of many instrumental numbers, principally works for band: The Ben Hur Chariot Race; The Burning of Rome; Sheridan s Ride; Custer s Last Charge; Battle of Gettysburg; Main Street Hoe Down; Napoleons Last Charge. Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Pearl, Lee, author; b. New York, N.Y., May 20, 1907. ASCAP 1945. Songs: "A Second Lieutenant Is No. 1 Tenant in Her Heart"; "I've Got a Cookie in Kansas"; "Don't Say You're Sorry Again"; "Just You Wait and See', "The Scissors Grinder Serenade"; "When It's Tulip Time In Amster­dam"; "It Happened in the Moun­tains"; "If I'm Lucky"; "Half Way to Montana"; "It'll Take a Little Time"; "I Know Something I Won't Tell Ya"; "More Than Anything Else in the World"; "If I Had Only Known"; "Symphony of Spring"; "With the Help of the Lord"; "Mad Love"; "Love is a Beautiful Thing"; "Hot Dogs and Roses." Home: New York, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.