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Stults, a M.
1928 for orchestral suite, From the Southern Mountains. Organized Inst, of Folk Music, Univ. of North Caro­lina for study of native American music and its use in art-forms. Or­ganized North Carolina State Symph. orchestra 1932. Numerous appear­ances as flute soloist and guest con­ductor with symphony orchestras. Staff conductor Radio City Music Hall, 1938-39. Mus. Dir. Knoxville Symph. Orch., 1946-47; Cond. Symphonette of Charlotte, 1947-48; Mus. Dir. Charlotte Symphony, 1948-49. Holds numerous patents for various accessories on musical instru­ments; made exhaustive study of ac-coustics especially as related to precious metals. Author of America and Her Music, 1931, numerous articles on folk music for magazines. Orchestral works: Indian Legend; The Seventh Queue; Moods of a Moonshiner; At the Factory; A Negro Parade; The Legend of John Henry; Mountain Dew; Mountain Dawn, flute solo with strings; The Mountain Song, opera; integral music for hist, dramas: The Ijost Colony (Paul Green), 1937; Sliout Freedom (Le-Gette Blythe) 1948, and other plays; cantata for mixed voices, Peace (Marian Sims), 1949; chamber music and songs. Home: Charlotte, N.C. Ad­dress: c/o ASCAP.
Stults, R. M., composer; b. Hights-town, N.J., June 1, 1861; d. March 24, 1923. ASCAP 1930. As youth conducted music store in Baltimore. Works: twenty cantatas and the oper­ettas Betty Lou and Hearts and Blos­soms. Also many songs, hymns; in­strumental works, teaching pieces. Songs: "Sweetest Story Ever Told" (translated into many languages); 'Sing Me Some Quaint Old Ballad"; "Fancies"; "I Love You So." Address: Estate. c/o ASCAP.
Sturm, Murray, composer; b. New York, N.Y., April 12, 1899. ASCAP
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1925. Educ: New York public schools. Studied piano with private tutors. Songs: "My High Falutin' Gal"; "Whose Izzy is He"; "What, No Women"; "Mother Goose Pa­rade"; "Well Camp on the Campus"; *IT1 Never See My Sweetie Any More." Home: 34 Brighton 5 Walk, Brooklyn 24, N.Y.
Styne, Jule, composer, music pub­lisher; b. London, Eng., Dec. 31, 1905. ASCAP 1931, Of musical parentage. Educ: began study of music in Chicago at eight. Studied piano, harmony, composition, and theory ut Chicago Coll. of Music; vocal arranger with Paul Held. Ap­peared as piano soloist at age of nine Chicago Symph. Orch.; also piano soloist with various other symphony orchestras. Organized own popular orchestra Chicago 1931 playing larger hotels, night clubs. Since 1940 in motion-picture studios; scored Anchors Aweigh; Tonight and Every Niglit, The Umpires Daughter; Two Guys From Texas; It's a Great Feeling, The Kid From Brooklyn; It Happened in Brooklyn; The West Point Story, Two Tickets to Broadway; Dont Fence Me In; Macoa. New York stage productions: High Button Shoes; Gentlemen Prefer Blonds. Ballets: Wallflower; Side Show; Cops and Robbers Ballet. Songs: "I Don't Want to Walk Without You Baby"; "I Said No"; "Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are"; "I've Heard That Song Before"; "There Goes That Song Again"; "Saturday Night is the Loneliest Night"; "ill Walk Alone"; "Poor Little Rhode Is­land" (official State song); "What Makes the Sunset"; "I Begged Her"; "I Fall In Love Too Easily'; "The Charm of You"; "It's Been a Long Long Time"; "Can't You Read Be­tween the Lines"; "Every Day I Love You"; "Fiddle Dee Dee"; "It's a Great Feeling"; "Time After Time", "I Believe"; "You Love Me"; "Papa