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Thomas, Helen, composer, author; b. East Liverpool, Ohio, May 29, 1908. ASCAP 1945. Educ: New England Cons.; voice with Sidney Dietch of Curtis Inst, of Music, coached with Estelle Liebling, New York. Studied piano with mother, voice at Beaver Coll., Pa. Singer with symphony orchestras, and in light and grand opera. Works: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, musical play; Song of Yesterday, operetta in two acts; Circus Fantasy, book of eight songs; Tippies Tunes, book of seven songs (based on comic strip). Songs: "In London Town At Night"; "When You Come Home Some Day"; "When I Go Back to Paris"; "Shelter Lullaby"; "The Love Song"; "The Christmas Tree"; "The Hurdy Gurdy"; "The Circus"; "Christmas Carol." Home: New York, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Thompson, Harlan, author, critic, playwright, motion-picture producer; b. Hannibal, Mo., Sept. 24, 1890. ASCAP 1924. Educ.: Hannibal public schools; high school and Univ. of Kansas, Kansas City, Mo. (engineering course). Instructor of chemistry in student classes; then to Troy, N.Y. in newspaper work. Worked four years on Kansas City Star as icporter, feature writer and drama critic. World War I, 1st. Lieut, in Field Artillery at Fort Sheridan, 111.; later Commanding Officer of 615 Aero Squadron at Kelly Field, Tex. After service overseas, wrote and produced vaudeville acts, Indoor Sports. Then produced musical shows: Little Jessie James; Twinkle, Twinkle; Merry Merry; My Girl. In Hollywood wrote stories and songs for motion pictures Too Wonderful For Words; Dance Away the Night; Flower of Delight. In New York 1931 directed and produced Blessed Event; and since then in Hollywood, produced motion pictures. Songs: "Suppose I Had Never Met You"; "I Love You"; "Fatal Fascination"; "It Must Be Love"; "I Was |
Blue"; "You Know, I Know"; "Dance Away the Night"; "We Were A Wow." Home: 719 N. Roxbury Dr., Beverly Hills, Calif.
Thompson, Randall, composer, educator; b. New York, N.Y., April 21, 1899. ASCAP 1940. Educ.: Harvard Univ., Bachelor of Arts 1920, Master of Arts 1922; Fellow American Acad, in Rome, 1922-25; Doctor of Music (honorary) Univ. of Rochester 1933; Guggenheim Fellowship 1929-31. At Harvard studied under Spalding and Hill; in New York privately with Ernest Bloch, 1920-21. Assistant professor of music Wellesley Coll. 1927-29; then composed in Switzerland. Guest conductor Dessoff Choirs, 1931-32. Conducted investigation of status of music in various American colleges and wrote survey College Music (Carnegie Foundation project). Professor of music, director of chorus of Univ. of Calif, at Berkeley, 1937-38; director Curtis Inst, of Music, 1939-41; professor of music, Univ. of Virginia, 1941-45; Princeton Univ., 1945-48; Harvard Univ. since 1948. Member Natl. Inst, of Arts and Letters, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Trustee of American Academy in Rome. Works: Symphony Nos. 1 and 2 (both Eastman School publication awards); Symphony No. 3 (Ditson Award); two tone poems, Pierrot and Cothurnus and The Piper at the Gates of Dawn; Jazz Poem for piano and orch. Choral music incl. The Peaceable Kingdom, commissioned by League of Composers; Americana, musical satire; Odes of Horace; Alleluia; Tarantella, for men's voices; Rosemary, for women's voices; The Testament of Freedom; The Last Words of David (commissioned by Boston Symphony Orch., used as conclusion to State Department's documentary film, Tanglewood, Voice of America Series 1949). Also, Suite for Clarinet, Oboe and Viola; one-act opera, Solomon and Balkis; String |
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