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Herbert Dillea
Otho Herbert Dilley, better known by his stage and pen name Herbert Dillea, (December 19, 1870, in Guernsey County, Ohio – April 1, 1909, in Senecaville, Ohio) was an American composer, songwriter, and conductor. He composed the music to three Broadway musicals: '' The Floor Walkers'' (1900), ''The Head Waiters'' (1902), and ''My Wife Won't Let Me'' (1906).Mantle, Sherwood & Chapman, p. 516 As a songwriter, Dilley was best known as the composer to the popular standard "Absence makes the heart grow fonder" (published in 1900; written for ''The Floor Walkers''); a work which was recorded multiple times by singer Harry Macdonough and cornetist Jules Levy for records made for the Victor Talking Machine Company and Columbia Records from 1902 through 1905, and later was recorded by Wayne King in 1947. He was also the composer of the ragtime piece ''Rag time society'' which was recorded several times by the Metropolitan Orchestra for Victor in 1901 and 1902. Dilley served as music dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder - NYPL 1256729
Absence may refer to: Employment * Leave of absence, a period of time away from a job * Absenteeism, the habitual pattern of absence from work or duty * Absence rate, the ratio of workers with absences to total employees Sciences and philosophy * The (local) nonexistence of something * Absence of evidence, a concept in informal logic * Absence seizure, one of several kinds of seizures Arts and entertainment Music * The Absence (band), an American death metal band from Tampa, Florida * ''Absence'' (Dälek album), 2004 * ''Absence'' (Paper Route album), 2009 * ''The Absence'' (Luna Mortis album), 2009 * ''The Absence'' (Melody Gardot album), 2012 * ''Absence'' (Snowman album), 2011 * ''Absence'' (Terence Blanchard album), 2021 Other media * ''Absence'' (film), a 2014 Brazilian film *The Absence (1976 film), a Canadian drama film * ''The Absence'' (1992 film), a French-German-Spanish drama film * ''Absence'' (audio drama), a Big Finish Productions audio drama * ''Absence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne King
Harold Wayne King (February 16, 1901 – July 16, 1985) was an American musician, songwriter, and bandleader with a long association with both NBC and CBS. He was referred to as "the Waltz King" because much of his most popular music involved waltzes; " The Waltz You Saved for Me" was his standard set-closing song in live performance and on numerous radio broadcasts at the height of his career. King's innovations included converting Carrie Jacobs-Bond's "I Love You Truly" from its original time over to ., p. 19. Early life Harold Wayne King was born in Savanna, Illinois, the son of Harvey and Ida King. His father worked for the railroad and traveled frequently, so when King's mother died in 1908, he and his brothers lived in the Annie Whittenmeyer orphanage in Davenport, Iowa, for a brief period of time. He returned to Savanna in 1911 to live with his aunt and uncle, where he was the quarterback and captain of the football team at Savanna Township High School, where he gradu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Musical Theatre Composers
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1909 Deaths
Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escapes death by fleeing across drift ice, ice floes. * January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. * January 9 – The British Nimrod Expedition, ''Nimrod'' Expedition to the South Pole, led by Ernest Shackleton, arrives at the Farthest South, farthest south reached by any prior expedition, at 88°23' S, prior to turning back due to diminishing supplies. * January 11 – The International Joint Commission on US-Canada boundary waters is established. * January 16 – Members of the ''Nimrod'' Expedition claim to have found the magnetic South Pole (but the location recorded may be incorrect). * January 24 – The White Star Liner RMS Republic (1903), RMS ''Republic'' sinks the day after a collision with ''SS Florida'' off Nantucket. Almost all of the 1,500 passengers are rescued. * January 28 – The last United States t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
