Biography

Composer ("Tubby the Tuba"), songwriter and conductor, educated at New York University (Bachelor of Science), in private music study with Philip James, Marion Bauer, Harrison Potter and Charles Haubiel, and at Juilliard (fellowship) with Frederick Jacobi and Bernard Wagenaar. He was a music director at Civilian Conservation Corps camps, and during World War II he was music supervisor with the 2nd Service Command, ASF. His Broadway stage scores include "Shinbone Alley" from 'archie and mehitabel'). His television scores include "Greece - The Golden Age", and "John Brown's Body". Joining ASCAP in 1946, his chief musical collaborators included Paul Tripp and Joe Darion, and his other popular-song compositions included "Christmas Is a Feeling In Your Heart", "Toujours Gai", "The Growing-Up Tree", "The Toy Box" ands "Lollipoptree".
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