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Oscar Rasbach (August 2, 1888 – March 23, 1975) [1] [2] was an American pianist and composer and arranger of art songs and works for piano .

Biography [ edit ]

Oscar was born in Kentucky, but studied "academic subjects in Los Angeles". [3] He also studied music with Ludwig Thomas, Julius Albert Jahn, Jose Anderson, and A. J. Stamm. [4] He became a businessman, but went to Vienna to study piano with Theodor Leschetizky and music theory with Hans Thorton. [5] He returned to the United States in 1911 and settled in San Marino, California . There he worked as a pianist, accompanist, teacher, and choral director. [6] His obituary in the local news and the Musical Times claimed that he was a founding member of ASCAP , [7] but the 1966 ASCAP Dictionary says that he joined in 1932. [8]

Music [ edit ]

Rasbach composed two operettas , around 20 published songs, solos for student pianists, and a few arrangements and instrumental pieces. His most important musical composition was his 1922 setting of Trees , the popular poem by Joyce Kilmer , published by G. Schirmer . It was performed and recorded by many important singers of the 20th century, such as Ernestine Schumann-Heink , John Charles Thomas , Nelson Eddy , Robert Merrill , Paul Robeson , Richard Tauber and Mario Lanza . More recently, tenor John Aler recorded it on a program entitled Songs we Forgot to Remember , and Julian Lloyd Webber included an instrumental version for cello and piano on his Unexpected Songs cd.

Musical compositions [ edit ]

Songs for voice and piano [ edit ]

[9]

  • April (text by Elsie M. Fowler), 1932
  • Beloved (text by Josephine Johnson), 1941
  • Crossing the Bar (text by Alfred, Lord Tennyson ), 1939
  • Debt (text by Sara Teasdale ), 1926
  • Discovery (text by Gilean Douglas), 1945
  • The Eagle, (text by Alfred, Lord Tennyson), unpublished manuscript [10]
  • Gifts (text by Juliana Horatia Ewing), 1930
  • The Greater Thing (text by C.T. Davis), 1941
  • The Laughing Brook (text by Elizabeth Ellis Scantlebury), 1926, B.F. Wood Music Co. publisher
  • The Look (text by Sara Teasdale ), 1925
  • Love Shall Light the Haven (Prothalamium) (text by Leigh Hanes), 1936
  • Motherhood
  • Mountains (text by Leigh Hanes), 1930
  • Overtones (text by William Alexander Percy ), 1929
  • Prelude in March (text by Gilean Douglas), 1941
  • Promise, 1932
  • The Redwoods (text by J. B. Strauss), 1937, Sherman, Clay & Co. publisher
  • Trees (text by Joyce Kilmer ), 1922 [11]
  • A Wanderer's Song (text by John Masefield )
  • When I am dead, my dearest (text by Christina Rossetti ), 1941

Piano solo [ edit ]

  • Barefoot Boy, 1939
  • Day Dreams, 1938, Willis Music publisher (John Thompson's students series for the piano)
  • El Burrito, 1941
  • Etude Melodique, 1946
  • Evening at Padua Hills, 1939
  • Folk-Song Sonatinas (In Colonial Days, etc.), 1943
  • From 'way Down South (Turkey in the Straw), 1934
  • The Old Mill Wheel, 1934
  • Pleading, 1934
  • Scherzo, 1921
  • Spanish Nights, 1934
  • Tango, 1936 [12]
  • Valse Charlene, 1936
  • Valse Elaine, 1938
  • The Village Blacksmith, 1939
  • Waltz Improvisation
  • Wishing
  • Woods at Night, 1938

Musical arrangements [ edit ]

Other works [ edit ]

  • Dawn Boy , Indian Operetta in 2 Acts and 3 Scenes (book and lyrics by C. Allen), 1933
  • Gifts, violin and piano
  • Open House , operetta [13]
  • Songs Without Words, string ensemble with piano (arr. by Louis Hintze), 1937

Filmography [ edit ]

His song Trees was used in 10 film and television productions: [14]

  • The In-Laws , 1979 (uncredited)
  • All in the Family (TV series), "The Bunkers Go West", 1978 (uncredited)
  • Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series), Episode dated 21 March 1959 (uncredited)
  • Melody Time , 1948
  • Blondie in Society , 1941
  • Woman Chases Man , 1937 (uncredited)
  • Toyland Broadcast (short), 1934 (uncredited)
  • The Tree's Knees (short), 1931
  • Dorothy Whitmore (short), 1928
  • Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink (short), 1927

Footnotes [ edit ]

  1. ^ Oscar Rasbach at IMDb web site
  2. ^ Musical Times , May 1975, Vol. 116, p. 470
  3. ^ Baker's Biographical Dictionary, p. 1476
  4. ^ Baker's Biographical Dictionary, p. 1476, and Claghorn, p. 367
  5. ^ Baker's Biographical Dictionary, p. 1476
  6. ^ ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, p. 588
  7. ^ Musical Times , May 1975, Vol. 116, p. 470
  8. ^ ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, p. 588
  9. ^ All published by G. Schirmer unless noted
  10. ^ Copy located in the New York Public Library, OCLC number 24412285.
  11. ^ Also published in versions for vocal duet, 7 various choral settings, 2 piano duet versions, piano solo, solo instrument and piano (violin, cornet, and saxophone), and full orchestra.
  12. ^ Also arranged for violin and piano by Josef Piastro-Borisov.
  13. ^ Mentioned in Baker's Biographical Dictionary, p. 1476, and Claghorn, p. 367
  14. ^ IMDb web site

References [ edit ]

  • The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (1966). The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary (Third ed.). New York, New York: ASCAP. p. 588.
  • Baker, Theodore (1992), "Rasbach, Oscar", in Slonimsky, Nicolas (ed.), Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Eighth Edition , New York: Schirmer Books, p. 1476, ISBN   0-02-872415-1 .
  • Claghorn, Charles Eugene (1973). Biographical Dictionary of American Music . West Nyack, New York: Parker Publishing Company. p.  367 . ISBN   0-13-076331-4 .
  • http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0711017/
  • Unknown author (March 25, 1975). "Composer Oscar Rasbach Dies" . The Modesto Bee . Modesto, California . Retrieved 27 September 2011 . {{ cite news }} : |last= has generic name ( help )
  • Unknown author (March 1975), "Obituary, Oscar Rasbach", The Musical Times , 116 : 470 {{ citation }} : |last= has generic name ( help )
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