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artist in orchestra of Mark Warnow. Interest in music developed through his application of engineering principles to radio sound effects. Original method of composition was to improvise, then after few rehearsals with Quintet record unwritten music which .later was prepared in printed form. Started his professional career as staff pianist at C.B.S., New York; for next four years played piano for various orchestras; also wrote original music for C.B.S. shows and published his first compositions. To Hollywood where score d for many films 1937-38. New York 1938-40, musical director C.B.S., appeared with his Quintet on radio. National tours, amusement parks, ballrooms, and theaters 1940-42. New York, resumed post at C.B.S.; conducted musical shows and appeared at various film theaters in New York 1942-44. On tour with new dance band 1945. Gave up band to write incidental music for Broadway show: Beggars Are Coming to Town, and musical score for another Broadway production Lute Song. Reorganized dance band in 1946. Works: The Toy Trumpet; Twilight in Turkey; In An Eighteenth Century Drawing Room; All Around the Christmas Tree; Boy Scout in Switzerland; Powerhouse; War Dance for Wooden Indians; Minuet in Jazz; Huckleberry Duck; Christmas Night in Harlem; Do You Pamper Your Husband At Night?; Singing Down the Road; In a Magic Garden; Mr. Basic Goes to Washington, In a Subway Far From Ireland; Tia Juana; Mountain High, Valley Low; Blue Velvet Waltz. Home: 147 W. 46 St., New York 19, N.Y.
Seaver, Blanche Ebert, composer, author; b. Chicago, 111., Sept. 15, 1891. ASCAP 1941. Of musical parents. Educ: in music with father, then with Amalie Hannig of Chicago and Brahm van der Berg in Los Angeles. Works: Pontifical Mass; numerous |
songs: "Just For Today"; "Stay With Me O Lord"; "Baby's Catechism"; "If God Sent Me You"; "Will Irish Dreams Come True"; "The Flower." Home: Los Angeles, Calif. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Seelen, Jerry, composer, author; b. New York, N.Y., March 11, 1912. ASCAP 1943. Educ.: Brooklyn public schools and Boys High School. After diversified occupations, began songwriting at twenty-seven. Wrote special material for night-club entertainers. Songs and sketches for Broadway shows: Star and Garter; Ziegfeld Follies; Priorities. Script writer and songwriter on radio for five years. At present under contract major motion-picture company, Hollywood. Songs: "No Room for the Groom"; "Poor Little February"; "How Do I Know It's Real"; "Chico's Love Song"; "Cest Ci Bon." Home: Los Angeles, Calif. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Segal, Jack, composer, author; b. Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 19, 1918. ASCAP 1947. Educ.: Univ. of Wisconsin 1941, Ph.B. degree; Graduate study at Univ. of Wis. (political science); New School For Social Research, N.Y., 1948 (cieative writing). Songs: "I'll Remember Suzanne"; "Everyone Is Saying Hello Again"; "Who Told You That Lie"; "Years and Years Ago"; "If Love is Trouble", "Laughing Boy"; "Scarlet Ribbons For Her Hair"; "Someday, Somewhere We Will Meet Again"; "A Boy From Texas, A Girl From Tennessee"; "Happy Birthday Polka." Home: 135 E. 50 St., New York 22, N.Y.
Seller, Edward, author; b. Iwonicz, Austria, March 14, 1911; d. Linden, N.J., Jan. 1, 1952. ASCAP 1942. From newspaper work and salesmanship turned to songwriting. Works: "I Don t Want to Set the World on Fire"; "Jack Climbed a Beanstalk"; "I Wonder |
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