Paul Green(1894-1981)
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Composer, author and teacher, Paul Green was educated at the University
of North Carolina (BA, Litt. D.), Cornell University (Litt. D.),
Davidson College, Western Reserve University, University of Louisville
and Berea College. He was an associate professor of philosophy (1927)
and a professor of dramatic art (1939-1944) at the University of North
Carolina. During World War II, he served in the US Army Engineer Corps
as a Second Lieutenant, and later wrote many books and plays. Since the
inception of the National Folk Fest in 1934, he served as its
president, and also as president of the National Theatre Conference
(1940-1942), and as a member of the executive commission of the US
National Commission for UNESCO, was a delegate to the UNESCO conference
in Paris and a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters in
1941. Joining ASCAP in 1940, his chief musical collaborators included
Kurt Weill. His popular-song compositions
include "Oh, Heart of Love", "On the Rio Grande", "Mon Ami, My Friend"
and "Johnny's Song".
