b. 1883 Russia, d. 1931 New York City.
Composer, lyricist, and publisher. Publisher
in New York City after 1923; married singer
Belle Baker; with Lewis F. Muir, wrote
"Cowboy Joe" and "Hitchy-Koo" ( 1912).

b. 1932 Memphis, Tennessee, d. 1954 Hou-
ston, Texas. Black singer and pianist. Born
John Marshall Alexander, Jr.; played piano in
Adolph Duncan's band in Memphis ( 1949);
his hit record, "Pledging My Love" (by Don
Robey and Ferdinand Washington), won
Billboard's Triple Crown; while thousands
awaited his appearance at the Houston Civic
Auditorium, he shot himself playing Russian
Roulette.

b. 1937 Evansville, Indiana.
Clarinetist and saxophonist. Graduated Uni-
versity of Illinois in 1960 in music; studied
with Lyle "Spud" Murphy in Los Angeles;
with Harry James' band after 1963.

b. 1892 Warsaw, Poland, d. 1948 New York
City. Pianist and composer. Came to America
ca. 1920; studied with Nicolai Doubassoff and
Anatol Liadoff; piano soloist with London
Symphony; New York Philharmonic; con-
ducted his own works with Miami ( Florida)
Symphony, 1939; music teacher in New York
City; wrote Hebrew Melody, Gavotte
Grotesque, Minuet Grotesque, Valse
Dramatique, Valse Intime, March of Toys.

b. 1886 Losdzeye, Lithuania. d. 1943 Los
Angeles, California. Pianist and composer.
Studied in St. Petersburg, Russia, under
Leopold Auer; when he came to America he
first settled in Chicago, then moved to New
York, then Los Angeles; composed The
Fiddler's Soul, stage music; Golem, a suite;
the Hebrew Dance; his Children's Suite was a
collection of twenty piano pieces.

b. 1854 England, d. 1897 Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Organist and choirmaster.
Came to Philadelphia ( 1870); studied with
David Wood; organist at Church of the
Epiphany, Philadelphia ( 1880-97), directed a
fine boys' choir there; his daughter, Helen
Ackroyd Clare, contralto, sang in Phila-
delphia after 1909.

b. 1903 Haynardville, Tennessee.
Singer. Joined Grand Ole Opry, Nashville,
Tenn. ( 1940); had records on the best-selling
lists during the 1940s; was the Republican
candidate for governor ( 1948), but lost the
election; with Fred Rose formed the Acuff-
Rose Company, music publishing firm; when
nominated to the Country Music Hall of Fame
( 1963), his record sales had exceeded thirty
million; at Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, Tenn.
( 1972).

b. 1862 Warsaw, Poland, d. 1930 Cambridge,
Massachusetts. Noted cellist. Studied at
Warsaw Conservatory; then with Fitzenhagen,
Tchaikovsky, and Pabst in Moscow;
graduated University of Moscow; played in
Poland and Germany ( 1883-89); with Boston
Symphony Orchestra ( 1889-1907); with his
wife, pianist Antoinette Szumowska, and
brother, violinist Timothee Adamowski,
formed the Adamowski Trio in Boston in the
1890s; studied at New England Conservatory;
one of the founders of Boston Symphony
Pension Fund.

b. 1858 Warsaw, Poland, d. 1943 Boston,
Massachusetts. Violinist. Brother of Joseph
Adamowski; came to the United States ( 1879)
and was with the Boston Symphony Orchestra
( 1884-1908) (conducted their popular summer
concerts 1890-94); was first violinist in the
Adamowski Quartet ( 1888), ( A.E. Fielder,
second violinist, D. Kunst, viola, and
Giuseppe Campanari, cello; in 1890 it con-
sisted of A. Moldauer, second violin, and Max
Zach, viola).

b. 1889.
Black bandmaster and composer. First black
bandmaster in the United States Navy;
studied in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands;
organized band in the Virgin Islands for the
U.S. Navy ( 1917); composed "Virgin Islands
March" and "Spirit of the United States
Navy."

b. (?), d. 1903.
Composer of hymns. Was a Methodist
minister in Brooklyn, New York; participated
in the camp meetings at Vineland, New Jersey
( 1867), and Hamilton, New York ( 1870); wrote