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tine Suite, tone poem; "Reminiscing"; "How Can I Tell"; "Who Should Come Along But You"; "After All"; "Look At Me"; "Is It Yes, or Is It No?"; "Men Are Little Children." Home: North Hollywood, Calif. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Schertzinger, Victor, composer, director, violinist; b. Mahanoy City, Pa., April 8, 1890; d. Hollywood, Calif., Oct. 26, 1941. ASCAP 1934. Of musical parents. Educ: Brown Prep School, Pa.; School of Music, Univ. of Brussels. At eight, debut as violinist with Victor Herbert Symph. Orch., Washington Paik, Pa. Made appearances as child prodigy with Herbert, Sousa and others. Early 'teens, toured Europe and U.S. Became director of orchestra Los Angeles theater; musical conductor Broadway musical shows for several years. Returned to Los Angeles theater as conductor; wrote musical score for picture, Civilization, one of first full length pictures to be presented with musical accompaniment. Gave up musical activities for motion picture direction. Pictures: One Night of Love; Something to Sing About; Frivolous Sal; The Return of Peter Grimm; Forgotten Faces; The Show Down; The Fashions in Love; Laughing Lady; The Mikado; Rhythm on the River; Road to Singapore; Road to Zanzibar; Kiss the Boys Goodbye; The Fleet's In. Songs: "Marcheta"; "Wanting"; "I Wonder Why I Love You"; "I Still Believe in You"; "Dream Lover"; "Love Me Again"; "Love Parade"; "One Night of Love"; "I'll Never Let a Day Pass By"; "Kiss the Boys Goodbye"; "Tangerine"; "I Remember You"; "Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing In a Hurry"; "March of the Grenadiers"; "Not Mine." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Schmid, Adolf, composer, arranger, educator; b. Hannsdorf, Austria, Nov. |
18, 1868. ASCAP 1928. To U.S. 1915; citizen 1924. Educ.: public school; Vienna Cons. 1887-90. Musical director of His Majesty's Tlieater, London, 1901-15. Conductor of British Symph. Orch., London, 1912-13. Conductor of Boston Grand Opera Company and Pavlowa Ballet Russe, 1915-16. Conductor of Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet, 1920-27. Chief arranger of the N.B.C., 1930-45. Teacher of Orchestration and Conducting at Juilliard School of Music and Inst, of Musical Art since 1932. Works: arrangement of Giselle Ballet Fantasia; incid. music for historical drama, Joseph and His Brethren, suite, Joseph and His Brethren; Prelude, Caravan Dance; Bacchanalian Dance; nearly 2000 orchestrations for C.B.S. and N.B.C.; more than 500 orchestral arrangements. Books: The Language of the Baton (on conducting); Digest of Rimsky-Korsakoffs "Principles of Orchestration* (selected and edited by Adolf Schmid). Home: 204 Park Ave., Leonia, N.J.
Schmid, Johann C, composer, violinist; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 7, 1870; d. Philadelphia, Pa., March 7, 1951. ASCAP 1936. Educ.: private tutors, Baltimore, Md., Philadelphia Musical Academy; violin with Richard Schmidt, Martiniis Van Gelder, Fritz Braun, theory with Richard Zeckwer; piano with Paul Witte and Mauritz Leefson; organ, theory and composition with Dr. David D. Wood. Conducted own band of thirty-six pieces at twenty. Works: "If You Must Love Someone"; "Garden of Roses"; "Moonlight in Jungleland"; "The Moonlight, the Rose and You"; "Vale of Dreams"; "The Whirlwind"; "The Stars Are God's Candles"; "Awakening of the Soul"; "If I Could Only Make You Care"; "A Silent Prayer"; "Concert Polka"; "Every Ship Will Find a Harbor"; ^'There's a Warm Spot in My Heart"; "In the |
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