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thing Sentimental"; "Notes to a Classy Chassis"; "Host Meets Ghost"; "Rasputin's Tootin'"; "The Pleasure's All Mine"; "That Love That I Have for |
You", "Caboose on a Slow Freight"; "Nice Dreamin'"; for saxophone, Lament in D Minor. Home: 39-06 Wenonah Dr., Warren Point, N.J. |
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Saar, Louis Victor, composer, pianist, poet; b. Rotterdam, Holland, Dec. 10, 1868; d. St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 23, 1937. ASCAP 1924. Educ: Kaiser Wilhelm's Univ. of Strassburg; Royal Acad, of Music, Munich. To U.S. 1893 as accompanist for Metropolitan Opera Company. Teacher of piano, theory, composition at National Cons, of Music, N.Y., 1898-1906. Coll. of Music and Inst, of Musical Art; then to Coll. of Music, Cincinnati, as principal of Theory Dcpt. and director of College Chorus. To Chicago 1917-25 as head of Theory Dept., Chicago Musical Coll.; Dean of faculty of Chicago Coll. of Music 1925-34. Composer of orchestra and chamber music, choral and piano music, songs, violin music. Awards include the Mendelssohn Stipendium, Berlin, 1891; Tonkuenstler prize, Vienna, 1892; Kaiser prize, Baltimore, 1903; also prizes in key cities of U.S. Orchestral works. From the Mountain Kingdom of the Great Northwest; Old German Masters Suite, for string orchestra. Choral with violin obbligato: "Agnus Dei" (Bizet), "Ave Maria" (Schubert). Merry Wedding Tune for piano solo or duet. Songs: "Little Gray Dove"; "Some Happy Day"; "Indian Summer." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Sacco, Anthony (Tony), composer; b. Waterbury, Conn., March 28, 1909. ASCAP 1941. Educ: Crosby and Wilby High Schools, Waterbury; Yale Music Cons. Studied violin William Tinsley; instrumentation and harmony with William Tinsley. Played violin Waterbury Symph. Soc; and in vaudeville theater. World War II, infantry rifleman; then into Special |
Service for two years writing music for GI shows, Italy. Played violin and guitar in popular orchestras; also vocalist for popular orchestras. Songs. "Mail Call"; "A Half Mile to Honeysuckle Lane", "I Can See My Man with a Euiopean Tan (Marching Down Bioadway)"; "Company A March", "The Breeze (That's Briiigin My Honey Back to Me)"; "It's Slum-bertime Along the Swanee"; "I Thnll When They Mention Your Name", "Campus Moon"; "Two Ton Tony", "Just a Stone's Throw fiom Heaven." Home. 113 S. View St., Watt-ibmy, Conn.
Sacco, John Charles, composer, conductor, arranger; b. New York, N.Y., July 11, 1905. ASCAP 1941. Educ. New York public schools. First musical instruction from Signor Della-bovi; piano scholarship at David Mannes Music School, athletic scholarship Columbia Univ. Membei of track team and college band. Columbia Univ., Bachelor of Arts 1931. Professional arranger, pianist various bands 1928. Wrote songs foi Columbia Varsity shows. As undci-graduate worked with Protessoi Douglas Moore and Professor Seth Bingham. Post-Grad year, Columbia Teachers Coll., studied pedagogy and advanced harmony and composition with Dr. Murphy; later orchestral composition with Professor Deszo D'Antalffy. Followed ten years activity as conductor, composer, teacher and arranger. World War II, Captain, Special Services Army Air Corp, 1942-46. Wrote musical score for all-soldier show, High Flight. On discharge became associate conductor St. Louis Municipal Opera Company. |
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