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Reynolds, Thomas A.
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Cons. In 1936 organized Orquesta Sinf6nica Nacional. Works for orch.: Esquinas; Sensemaya; Cuauhnahuac; El Renacuajo Paseador, ballet; Janit-zio; Redes; Homanaje a Federico Garcia Lorca; Pianos Alcanci; Musica Para Charlar; Colarines; Pianos. Also Parian, for voices and orch.; Toccato, for violin and small orch.; two String Quartets; Seven Songs for Children, Ranas, Tecolote and Duo del Pato Y El Canario, all for voice and piano or orch. Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Reynolds, Thomas A., composer, clar­inetist; b. Akron, Ohio, Jan. 17, 1915. ASCAP 1950. Educ.: Akron public schools; Ohio State Univ. Left College to form own orchestra; to Boston, night club appearances, played over radio, also for recording company. To New York, played at theaters and night clubs. Has appeared at colleges and universities through­out country. During World War II, toured Army camps and entertained servicemen. Songs: "Pipe Dreams"; "Once Over Lightly"; "I'll Tell It to the Breeze"; "Something to Live For"; "Seventh Inning Stretch." Home: Braintree, Mass. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Ricca, Louis (Lou Ricca), composer; b. New York, N.Y., Oct. 10, 1909. ASCAP 1943. Songs: "Good Old Moon"; "I'm Holding the World in My Arms"; "Gee, I Wish I Knew"; "By Blue Hawaiian Waters"; "The Man on the Oriental Rug"; "I Hope I Hope I Hope"; "Carnival in Cotton Town"; "Heavenly Hideaway"; "Lull­aby of the Rain"; "Eventide"; "Dream, Dream, Dream"; "You Talk a Good Game of Love." Home: 380 E. 183 St., New York 57, N.Y.
Ricciardello, Joseph A. (Joe Ricar-del), composer; b. New York, N.Y., Oct. 18, 1911. ASCAP 1946. Educ.: elementary and high school; violin with private tutors. Songs: "The Frim Fram Sauce"; "22 Steps"; "The Wise
Old Owl"; "The Brooklyn Dodgers Jump"; "Baby Don't Bother Me"; *Tu Si Belle"; ^Laughing Eyes"; "The Joe Palooka Polka"; "The Scooter"; "Sh-h The Old Mans Sleeping"; "Don't." Home: Astoria, N.Y. Ad­dress: c/o ASCAP.
Rice, Elmer, composer, playwright, novelist, stage director; b. New York, N.Y., Sept. 28, 1892. ASCAP 1948. Educ.: New York Law School, LLB, 1912. Began law practice 1913. Former dramatic director University Settlement, New York; chairman, In-ternat. Settlement Dramatic Society. Former New York regional director Federal Theatre Project; director Playwright's Producing Co. President Dramatists' Guild. Member National Institute of Arts and Letters. Author of Voyage to Purilia, Imperial City Plays: On Trialy Iron Cross; Home of Hie Free; For the Defense; Wake Up Jonathan; It Is the Law; The Adding Machine; Close Harmony; Cock Robin; Street Scene (Pulitzer Prize, 1929); The Subway; See Naples and Die; The Left Bank; Counsellor at Law; Black Sheep; We, the People, Judgment Day; Between Two Worlds; Not For Children; American Land­scape; Two on an Island; Flight to the West; Dream Girl. Songs: "Ain't It Awful, the Heat?"; "Get a Load of That"; "When a Woman Has a Baby"; "Ice Cream Sextet"; "Wrapped in a Ribbon and Tied in a Bow"; "Wouldn't You Like to Be On Broad­way"; "Catch Me If You Can"; "There'll Be Trouble"; "I Loved Her Too"; "Don't Forget the lilac Bush.'' Home: Stamford, Conn. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Rice, Gitz Ingraham, composer, au­thor; b. New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, March 5, 1891; d. New York, N.Y., Oct. 16, 1947. ASCAP 1919. Educ.: Montreal High School; Feller Inst. Grande Ligue; McGill Univ. Cons, of Music. In Canadian Forces World