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Schmidt, Erwin R. |
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Valley of Contentment"; "The Passing Caravan"; "Under the Lone Star With You"; "While I Dream of You." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Schmidt, Erwin R., composer, pianist; b. Chicago, 111., March 11, 1S90. ASCAP 1924. Educ.: Chicago public schools; Robert Waller, North Division High School, Chicago; n music with private teachers, Wm. Taegtmeyer, August Harms and Henry Block. World War I, enlisted U.S. Navy, 1918; saxophonist Battalion Band at Great Lakes Training Station; band toured U.S. on Liberty Loan Bond Drives. Professional pianist, coach to vaudeville and radio artists; in various music publishing houses, Chicago. Radio broadcasts major networks, Chicago 1920's. Also concert and stage appearances. New England Manager of Chicago music publishing company. Songs: "Dreamy Carolina Moon"; "Spread a Little Sunshine"; "San Salvador"; "You'll Never Know"; "Mothers' Love"; "Georgia Moonlight"; "Beautiful Araby"; "Vampa-nella"; "Autumn Time"; "Always Be Careful—That's the Meaning of Your A B C," children's safety song printed by Natl. Safety Council, Chicago; "Carolina Sunshine"; "Drifting and Dreaming"; "Kathlyn", "The Whole Day Through"; "Some Day in June"; "Japanese Lullaby"; "A Perfect Kiss"; "Sunny Florida"; "Longing"; Tm Looking for the Merry Sunshine"; "Magic Waltz"; "Mississippi Mammy"; "Someone Else Took Your Place in My Heart"; 'Tin All Ready for the Summertime"; "You're Part of My Heart"; "The Mission Bells of Monterey." Home: Needham, Mass. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Schoebel, Elmer, composer; b. E. St. Louis, 111., Sept. 8, 1896. ASCAP 1927. Educ.: high school. Became pianist, swing pioneer, and in early twenties was pianist of Friars Soc. Orch., Chkr:p P^iyed with Isham |
Jones. Author of technical work Hot Breaks for Piano and Organ. Songs: "The Bugle Call Rag"; "Nobody's Sweetheart"; "Everybody Stomp"; "Ten Little Miles From Town"; "A Minor Thing With a Major Swing"; "Prince of Wails"; "Farewell Blues"; "Spanish Shawl"; "House of David Blues"; "What Shall We Name the Baby?" Home: Cambria Heights, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Schoenberg, Arnold, composer, theorist, teacher, lecturer, painter; b. Vienna, Austria, Sept. 13, 1874; d. Los Angeles, Calif., July 13, 1951. ASCAP 1939. To U.S. 1933; citizen 1940. Largely self-educated in music until he was twenty when Alexander von Zemlinsky sponsored his studies; also studied with Volksschule and Realschule in Vienna. At eight, began composition. To Berlin, as orchestra leader 1901. Teacher at Stern Conservatory, 1902. Returned to Vienna to teach harmony and composition 1904. Organized musical group in Vienna which gave first performance of his symphonic poem 1904: Pclleas und Mclisandc, on Jan. 26, 1905, with composer conducting. Active in painting 1910-11; then appointed teacher of composition Imperial Acad, of Music. To Berlin, for series of lectures, thereafter appearing as guest conductor of own works in various cities throughout Europe 1911. Teacher in Vienna, 1919; then conducted and taught theory in Amsterdam 1920-21. Professor at Prussian Acad, of Arts, Berlin 1926-33. To Boston, as teacher Malkin Cons. 1933. Professor of Music, Univ. of S. Calif. 1935. Univ. of California, Los Angeles, 1936-44. Member of Music Teachers Natl. Assoc; honorary member of Academy Santa Cecilia, Rome, Italy and Music Teachers, Assoc., Calif. Wrote a great many essays on music and theoretical subjects for various magazines. Works: Operas: Erxcartung; Die GVdcUiche |
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