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Composer and pianist, educated at the Curtis Music Settlement School. He studied with Constantin von Sternberg, Ernest Bloch and Clark Smith under a Guggenheim Fellowship. In Europe, he gave piano recitals between 1921-1926. He wrote incidental music to the play "Oedipus". Besides his film music, his compositions include six symphonies, three string quartets, two violin sonatas, two sonatas for violin and piano, and four piano sonatas, plus the "Piano Concerto"; "Violin Concerto"; "Concerto for Flute, Bassoon, Piano"; "Chamber Concerto for 8 Instruments" (on a League of Composers commission); "Crucifixion" (for string orchestra); "Decatur or Algiers"; "McKonkey's Ferry Overture"; "2 Odes of Keats"; "Songs of Experience" (William Blake poems); "Tom Sawyer"; "8 Fragments from Shelley"; "Valentine Waltzes"; and "Serenade for Strings". His ballets include "Ballet Mecanique"; and "The Capital of the World". His operas include "Helen Retires"; "Transatlantic"; "Volpone"; "The Brother"; and "The Wish" (commissioned by the Louisville Orchestra). He joined ASCAP in 1945.- Special Effects
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Ernie Crockett was born on 13 October 1884 in Nebraska, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for A Small Town Idol (1921), His First Flame (1927) and Top Hand (1925). He died on 12 February 1959 in Santa Clara, California, USA.- Jose Brookes was born on 18 May 1885 in Herrnhut, Saxony, Germany. He was an actor, known for When Woman Hates (1916) and When Paris Sleeps (1917). He died on 12 February 1959 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK.
- Charles Dudley Daly was born on 31 October 1880 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He died on 12 February 1959 in Pacific Grove, California, USA.
- Enid Sass was born on 11 January 1889 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Marriage Lines (1921) and A Game for Two (1921). She was married to Philip Easton and Alfred Drayton. She died on 12 February 1959 in London, England, UK.
- Actor
Tobias Tally was born on 8 March 1888 in Kansas, USA. He was an actor. He died on 12 February 1959 in San Joaquin, California, USA.