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Ventre, Frank L.
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Belgium. Teacher of chamber opera New England Cons., Boston; Malkin Cons., Boston, composition. Assistant professor Columbia Univ., N.Y., in orchestration and reading scores at the piano. Chorus conductor Settle­ment School. At Washington Univ. taught post-graduation in composition and conducting. Indiana Univ. profes­sor of composition and conductor of concert choir and Girls Glee Club. Works: Symphonic poem Rossaccio; String Quartet; Quintet for piano and strings; choral compositions; secular and sacred songs and piano pieces. Home: New York, N.Y. Address: 1270 Sixth Ave., New York 20, N.Y.
Ventre, Frank L., composer, arranger, conductor; b. East Weymouth, Mass., April 3, 1895. ASCAP 1941. Educ.: New England Cons, of Music; pro­fessional musician at nine, arranged and composed at fourteen. Youngest bandmaster U.S. Service, World War I. Bandmaster 7th Reg. U.S. Marine Band. Arranger and conductor in radio; arranger for popular orchestras and performers. Musical supervisor Roxy Theater, N.Y. Works: "The Angel God Sent From Heaven"; "March of the Seventh Reg't"; "Tropi­cal Palms"; "That Soothing Melody"; "If I Should Lose You"; "Fosterettes March"; "A Northern Epic"; "Wings of Victory"; "We Thank You Lord"; "Sleep, My Babykin, Sleep"; "Our United States March." Home: 8258 235 St., Bcllerose, L.I., N.Y.
Venuri, Joe, composer, violinist, con­ductor, recording artist; b. at sea, of Italian parentage, Sept. 1, 1903. ASCAP 1940. Educ.: Philadelphia public schools; violin with Thaddeus Rich. Violinist with various orches­tras (eight years with Whiteman). With Eddie Lang formed Venuti-Lang orchestra 1932. Featured violin­ist in vaudeville, toured U.S. and Europe, then organized own fifteen piece orchestra. Works: "Satan's Holi-
day"; "Tea Time"; "Romantic Joe"; "RunnhV Ragged"; "Apple Blossoms"; "Black and Blue Bottom"; "Four String Joe"; "Pretty Trix"; "Ain't Doin Bad Doin' Nothin'"; "Cheese and Crackers." Home: Los Angeles, Calif. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Verges, Joe, composer, author; b. New Orleans, La., Oct. 26, 1892. ASCAP 1928. Songs: Tm Sorry I Made You Cry"; "When I First Met Mary"; "Our Bungalow of Dreams"; "Oh Look at that Baby"; "The Waltz of Love"; "Rosy Dreams"; "On the Old Green Mountain Trail"; "When I Think of You"; "That Little Photo­graph of You"; "Where That Old Man River Flows." Home: 3058 Division St., Los Angeles 41, Calif.
Vernor, F. Dudleigh, composer; b. Detroit, Mich., Aug. 21, 1892. ASCAP 1946. Educ.: Central High School, Detroit, Mich.; Albion Coll., hon. degree Doctor of Music, 1949, Albion, Mich.; Inst, of Musical Art, New York; Berumen Studios, New York. Organist, Martha Holmes Me­morial Church, Detroit; Methodist Church, Albion, Mich.; Hanson Place Methodist Church, Brooklyn; First Methodist Church, Jackson, Mich., twelve years; Metropolitan Methodist Church, Detroit, Mich., seventeen years. Teacher of piano and theory, head of organ department Albion Coll. 1917-18. Thirty years, accom­panist, organist, and teacher Bay View Summer Coll. of music. Teacher piano and organ. Works: "Sweetheart of Sigma Chi" (also duo piano arrangement); "The Fellowship Song of Sigma Chi"; Tm Glad I'm a Sigma Chi ; "The Girl I Love"; "See America First." Home: 53 Marston Apt.-C 12, Detroit, Mich.
Vicars, Harold, composer, conductor, arranger; b. London, Eng., Feb. 9; d. Providence, R.I., Jan. 11, 1922. ASCAP 1930. Educ.: Kings Coll.,