John Veale
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Still another English composer that Muir Matheson brought into British film music. He first composed music for various Short Subjects, then graduated into composing full film scores. There is a tragedy associated with John Veale's music. With film commissions hard to come by during the 1960s, he returned to a career in journalism. His film company requested that he return his film score manuscripts to them. He complied and the film company destroyed them. So much for Art and Business! Perhaps one day, someone will re-construct the scores and we will have a revival or a premiere. Among his film scores are:
1954 The Purple Plain. Matheson conducted the orch. Gregory Peck starred. based on a novel by H E Bates.
1955 Portrait of Alison
1956 The Spanish Gardener with Dirk Bogarde.
And among the films for which he supplied music (and possibly scored) are:
1948 Crown Film Unit Documentaries
1954 The Purple Plain
1954 Film No. 12 War In The Air (BBC)
1955 The Spanish Gardener
1956 Portrait of Alison
1956 Postmark For Danger
1957 High Tide At Noon
1959 The House in Marsh Road
1960 No Road Back
1961 Freedom To Die
1962 Emergency
1963 Clash By Night

    Albert Von Tilzer
b, Mar. 29, 1878, Indianapolis, IN, USA, d. Oct. 1, 1956, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
né: Albert Gumm
(It might be useful to read the biography of Harry Von Tilzer, Albert's older brother before reading this Bio.)

Overview
Here's a photograph of the young Composer Albert Von Tilzer,, and then a photo of Von Tilzer in later years, He was an important songwriter most active from the early 1900's into the 1920's. He was the younger brother of composer Harry Von Tilzer.

Albert went to work in his father's Indianapolis shoe store after graduating from high school. He learned to play the piano by ear and did have some lessons in harmony before he joined a vaudeville troupe.

In 1899, he went to Chicago, and worked briefly for his older brother's music publishing firm, Shapiro, Bernstein and Von Tilzer. Albert then traveled to New York City, and found work as a shoe salesman in a large Department store.

In 1900, he published his first song "The Absent Minded Beggar Waltz", a piano instrumental. In 1903 he wrote "That's What the Daisy Said", with his own lyric. This was published by his brother's firm.

In 1903, he formed York Music Company, his own publishing house, which would thereafter publish all of his own music.

Brief Chronology:

 1904 "Teasing", lyric by Cecil Mack
 1905 "The Moon Has His Eyes on You", lyric by Billy Johnson
      "A Picnic for Two", lyric by Arthur J. Lamb.

 1907 "Honey Boy". This tribute to the minstrel George 'honey boy'
       Evans marked the start of a partnership with lyricist Jack
       Norworth. They wrote 3 songs:

 1908 "Good Evening, Caroline"
      "Smarty"
      "Take Me Out to the Ball Game".

After this, Albert, with Lew Brown as lyricist, wrote:
 1912 "I'm the Loneliest Gal In Town"
      "Kentucky Sue"
      "Please Don't Take My Lovin' Man Away" .
      "I May Be Gone for a Long, Long TIme", heard in the Broadway
        show 'Kitchy-Koo', Grace La Rue.
      "Au Revoir, But Not Good-bye, Soldier Boy"
      "Oh, By Jingo!"
      "Chili Bean"
      "I Used to Love You But It's All Over Now"
      "Dapper Dan"

And with other lyricist, he wrote:
      "Carrie", lyric by Junie McCree.
      "Put Your Arms Around Me Honey", lyric by Junie McCree.
      "Waters of Venice", lyric by Neville Fleeson.
      "I'll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time, lyric Neville Fleeson.
      "Waters of Venice", lyric by Neville Fleeson.
      "I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time", lyric N. Fleeson.
      "Oh How She Could Yacki, Hacki, Wicki, Wacki, Woo", lyric  by
         Stanley Murphy and Charles McCarron. Eddie Cantor made a
         huge hit with this song in his Ziegfeld debut in 1917.
      "They're All Sweeties", lyric by Andrew B. Sterling.

 1920 He scored the Broadway show 'Honey Girl'.  A Success.
 1922 He scored the Broadway show 'The Gingham Girl'. ran one year.
      "As Long as I Have You", lyric by Neville Fleeson.

    Angel Villoldo
b: Feb. 16, 1861, d: Oct. 14, 1919, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
aka: A. Gregorio, Fray Pimiento, Gregorio Giminz, Angel Arroyo, Mario Reguero.
nickname: "The Father of the Tango"
Here's a picture of Angel Villoldo, who as a youth, worked at any job he could find, including a Typographer, Circus Clown, Horse handler, and more. He often played in rather low Cafes singing and accompaning himself on both guitar and harmonica. He had the ability to speak in the street language of the common man, and it has been noted that he also recorded some of his own poetry that was in the worst possible taste.

In 1889 his compilation Cantos Criollos (creole folk songs), was published with his own lyrics, to be sung with guitar accompaniment. In 1916, his "Argentine Popular Songs" was published, commemorating the centennial of the Argentine Declaration of Independence. In 1917, his "Mtodo Amrica" (for guitar) (so named because it) was published by Casa Amrica. In 1917, he traveled to France where an Argentinian shop, Gath & Chaves, employed him to make phonograph recordings. This activity contributed to the new popularity of the Tango in Europe, and many of his records were also shipped and distributed back home in Buenos Aires.

Notwithstanding all this activity, he is mainly recalled today as a major composer of Tangos. Some examples of his work include the Tangos "El Porteito, "El Esquinazo", "La Budinera", "Soy Tremendo", and "Cantar Eterno", which was recorded in 1917 by the Gardel-Razzano duo. There will probably be no disagreement in calling "El Choclo" (words and Music by Villoldo) his best known and most important work. In 1905, composer Enrique Saborido had written the Tango "La Morocha", which may have been the very first Tango to achieve popularity on the Continent. It was brought to Paris by visiting Argentine Naval Academy graduates. "Morocha" is an Argentina nickname, to describe women of swarthy complexion and dark hair. Allegedly, inspiration for "Morocha" was Lola Candales, a professional dancer with a pleasant voice. Angel Villoldo wrote the lyrics in the wee hours of 1905's Christmas morning, visiting a bar popular with the local bohemian artists. In 1913, Villoldo's "Elegancias", was published in Paris. Among his other songs are "El Torito", "Cuidado con los Cincuenta", "Una Fija", "Yunta brava", "El Cachorrito", "Pineral", "El Pimpollo", "Trigo Limpio", and "La Bicicleta", to name just a few.

    Luis Viapiana
b: Oct. 26, 1894, Montevideo, R. Or of Uruguay, d: Feb. 24, 1968. Uruguay.
guitarist, singer and composer
Part of several Duet groups including 'Viapiana-Cohen' and 'Viapiana-González'. He composed the tangos:
      "Quimera", ("Chimera"),
      "As de Cart�", ("Ace of Cardboard")
      "Musiquita", ( ?? "Little Song"?)
      "Barrio Querido", (Beloved Neighborhood")
      "El Alma Del Tango", ("Soul of the Tango")
      "Barrio Querido", (Beloved Neighborhood)
      "El Trovador", (The Troubador)
      "Mim�se fue". ("Mim�went away")