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Thomas, Christopher J. |
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orch.; String Quintet; String Quartet; Piano Quartet; Suite in D for three violins; Petite Suite for two violins and piano (second prize Natl. Fed. of Music Clubs 1941); Concertino for Violin with piano; Concerto in A for Violin and Orch.; Pastorale and Rondo for four violins; Sonatina for Cello and Piano; Lyric Suite in Five Movements; Foundation Studies in Orchestration; Synagogue Services (Reformed); Supplementary Compositions for Synagogue. Also, teaching pieces, piano pieces, organ pieces, and songs. Home: 1509 John St., Baltimore, Md. |
Laugh"; "Mia Carlotta"; "The House and the Road"; "Light of the World"; "God Is Our Hope and Strength." Author of A New Introduction to the Understanding of Polyphonic Music; musical editor of American Sea Songs and Chanteys. Home: "Strathspey," Truro, Mass. |
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Thomas, Dick (Richard T. Gold-hahn), composer, author, recording artist; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 4, 1915. ASCAP 1946. Educ: Alice Cary Public School, W. Philadelphia High School, 1934; violin, under Jos. Herman, Philadelphia, three years. Studied piano accordion. Played first violin W. Philadelphia High School Symph. Orch. four years, received Silver and Gold Awards for merit. Played violin tea rooms, cafes, during high school years. Entered radio 1934, playing guitar and singing Philadelphia network until 1936. Singing M.C. working night clubs, theaters; continued on various radio stations, Philadelphia. To Hollywood 1941 in radio as singing cowboy. To New York, 1943, night club and radio attraction. Wrote songs "Esmercldy" and "Pancho" for motion picture Powder River Gunfire in which ne was featured vocalist. Songs: "Uncle Sam Is Calling You Buckaroo"; "You Never Loved Me"; "It's You"; "You'll Find Your Rainbow"; "Someday Darlin'", "Weary Nights and Broken Dreams", "Sioux City Sue"; "Too Soon to Tucson"; "Ragtime Cowboy From Santa Fe"; "A Lonely Cowboy's Dream"; "I've Got a Gal In Laramie"; "Two Silhouettes on the Prairie"; "Ranch House Jamboree"; "The Beaut From Butte"; "Give Me Back My Heart"; "Forgetful"; "You Are the Reason"; "Why Can't We Get Together"; "Your Tears Are Showing"; "The Sister of Sioux City Sue"; "A Present From the Past"; "I Lost My Gal From Galveston." Home: Philadelphia, Pa. Address: c/o ASCAP. |
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Thomas, Christopher J., composer, organist, lecturer, educator; b. Bristol, Eng., March 7, 1894. ASCAP 1940. To U.S. 1924; citizen 1939. Educ.: Strathscona Scholar, Royal Coll. of Music, London 1914-20. In music with Thomas Dunhill, Lynnwood Farnam, Franklin Taylor, Malcolm Sargent, Percy Goetschius. Associate Royal Coll. of Music and Member Royal Soc. of Teachers. World War I Lieut. Machine Gun Corps, British Army. To U.S., director music Groton School 1924-25; head department of music, Wells Coll., Aurora, N.Y. 1925-27. Director music Chicago Latin School, 1927-32; director music St. Paul's School, Concord, N.H. 1932-41. Head department of music Catawba Coll., Salisbury, N.C. since 1943. Works: Little Prelude and Fugue in A Minor for piano; Scottish Suite, Traditional Tunes for violin with piano accompaniment. Songs: "O Men From The Fields"; "A Little Way"; "Native Music"; "A Maiden"; "The Ragged Piper." Choral works: "Piping Down the Valleys"; "Have You Seen But a Bright Lily Grow" (N. Car. Fed. of Music Clubs Composers Award 1944); "The Fox Went Out"; "The Sound of a Silver Horn"; "Canticle of St. Francis"; "The Beatitudes"; "When the Green Woods |
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