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Pease, Harry, composer, author, singer, actor; b. Mount Vernon, N.Y., Sept. 6, 1886; d. New York, N.Y., Nov. 8, 1945. ASCAP 1925. Educ: Mount Vernon, N.Y., public schools. In youth worked for telephone company and later entered vaudeville writing special material for own and other acts. Known in vaudeville as Boy with the Golden Voice. Entered World War I, Fort Slocum, N.Y., Signal Corps, underwent minor operation and during convalescence entertained service men. Went to Hollywood, Calif., in 1929 under contract motion picture studio. Songs: "I Don't Want to Get Well", "Peggy O'Neil"; "The Pal That I Loved Stole the Gal That 1 Loved"; "Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes"; "Josephine, Please No Lean On The Bell", "In a Shady Nook, By a Babbling Brook"; "Why Do They Always Sav No?"; "Light a Candle In the Chapel"; "Pretty Kitty Kelly"; "All For the Love of Mike"; "Me No Speaka Good English"; "In a Little Second Hand Store"; "Daughter of Peggv O'Neil", "Moon at Sea"; "In the Old Town Hall"; "O'Reilly I'm Ashamed of You", "Gary Owen"; "Waltz Me to Sleep in Your Arms." Address: Estate, c/c ASCAP.
Peck, Raymond W., author, librettist, b. Jackson, Mich., July 3, 1875; d. New York, N.Y., March 15, 1950. ASCAP 1914 (charter member). Long active in musical comedy. Works: Rubes and Roses; The Hoyden; The Vanderbilt Cup; Castles in the Air; Red Rose. Songs: "The Trials of a Simple Maid"; "The Rainbow of Your Smile"; "The First Kiss of Love"; "Land of Romance"; "Baby"; "New York (You're the Best Town in Europe)." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Peery, Rob Roy, composer, author, editor; b. Saga, Japan, Jan. 6, 1900 (son of American missionaries). ASCAP 1935. Educ.: Midland Coll., Bachelor of Arts, Honorary Doctor of |
Music, Fremont, Nebraska; Oberlin Cons, of Music, Bachelor of Music; School of Sacred Music, Union Seminary, New York; Wittenberg Coll., Honorary Doctor of Music, Springfield, Ohio. Pupil, Rubin Goldmark, New York. Organist and choirmaster, St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, Philadelphia, 1932-44; Trinity Lutheran Church, German-town, 1944-49, since 1950, director of music, First Lutheran Church, Dayton, Ohio. Publication Manager, Theodore Presser Company and affiliates 1932-49; 1942-49 Editor, Music Section, Etude. Since 1950, Associate Editor music publishing company, Dayton, Ohio. Faculty Member, Lenoir-Rhyne Coll., Hickory, N.C.; Catawba Coll., Salisbury, N.C. His musical setting of Our Liege Lady, Dartmouth won $1000 prize 1930. Other prizes Etude Piano Competition, 1923; Ohio State Prize, 1925, Homiletic Review, Prize Hymn, 1926; Franklin Memorial Prize 1938; Schulmerich Organ Contest, 1948. Member: Hymn Society of America, American Guild of Organists. Works: "America, My Wondrous Land"; "Lead Thou Mv Soul"; "God Shall Wipe Away All Tears"; "That Quartet in Our Old Barn"; "Jov Is in My Heart"; "Slumber On", "Give Me This Day"; operetta, The Nightingale; Christmas cantata, Glory to God. Author: Very First Violin Book; Third Position Violin Book, Easiest Orchestra Collection; Young People's Choir Book; Practical Keyboard Modulation; Singing Children of the Church; Chancel Choir Book; Sanctuary Choir Book; Master Melodies From the Great Sj/m-phonies; Master Melodies From the Great Concertos; Famous Sacred Transcriptions; The Chapel Choir Book; Christmas Carol Book; Chapel Echoes. Home: 118 East Elmwood Ave., Dayton 5, Ohio.
Peim, Arthur A., composer, author, publisher, critic; b. London, Eng., |
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