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Loesser, Frank (Henry)

songwriter, playwright, producer, publisher


born: 29 Jun 1910 New York / city, USA Source: 1  

died: 28 Jul 1969 New York / city, USA Source: 1  
died: 26 Jul 1969  
died: 08 Aug 1969 Source: 2  

The Music Sack has 49 items with information about Frank (Henry) Loesser:


 1992

Larkin, Colin
The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music
Edited by Colin Larkin
Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Publishing, 1992, 4V p.

Number of People : 5,680

More Details : (1 Section)


 1992

Borroff, Edith
Clark, J. Bunker
American opera : a checklist
By Edith Borroff
Edited by J. Bunker Clark
Detroit: Harmonie Park Press, 1992, 334 p.

Number of People : 2,319


 1992

Suskin, Steven
Show tunes 1905-1991
The songs, shows and careers of broadway's major composers
New York: Limelight Editions, 1992

Number of People : 30


 1991

Hischak, Thomas S.
Word Crazy : Broadway lyricists from Cohan to Sondheim
New York: Praeger, 1991, 241 p.

Number of People : 21


 1991

Bierley, Paul E.
Rehrig, William H.
The heritage encyclopedia of band music : composers and their music
Edited by Paul E. Bierley
William H. Rehrig
Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1991

Number of People : 8,916


 1991

Wilk, Max
They're playing our song
The truth behind the words and music of three generations
Mount Kisco, New York & London: Moyer Bell Limited, 1991

Number of People : 28


 1990

Channing, Carol
Suskin, Steven
Opening night on Broadway.
A critical quotebook of the golden era of the musical theatre, Oklahoma! (1943) to Fidler on the Roof (1964)
Steven Suskin
Foreword by Carol Channing
New York: Schirmer Books, 1990, 810 p.

Number of People : 40

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 1989

Green, Benny
Let's face the music
The golden age of popular song
London: Pavilion / Michael Joseph, 1989, 233 p.

Number of People : 12


 1989

Clarke, Donald
The Penguin encyclopedia of popular music
Edited by Donald Clarke
London: Viking, 1989, 1378 p.

Number of People : 4,498


 1987

Ewen, David
American songwriters. An H.W. Wilson biographical dictionary
New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1987

Number of People : 135


 1986

Sadie, Stanley
Hitchcock, H. Wiley
The new Grove dictionary of American music
edited by H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie
New York, N.Y. : Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1986. 4 v.

Number of People : 3,993


 1986

Lyman, Darryl
Great jews in music
New York: Jonathan David Publishers, Inc., 1986

Number of People : 573


 1986

Suskin, Steven
Show tunes 1905-1985
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1986

Number of People : 30


 1986

Hemming, Roy
The melody lingers on
The great songwriters and their move musicals
New York: Newmarket Press, 1986

Number of People : 16


 1985

Seaton, Gayle Ellen
Music and dramatic function in Frank Loesser musicals
Florida State (Tallahassee). 1985. dissertation.

Number of People : 1


 1984

Traubner, Richard
Operetta : a theatrical history
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1984

Number of People : 103


 1984

Brahms, Caryl
Sherrin, Ned
Song by song. The lives and work of 14 great lyric writers
By Caryl Brahms and Ned Sherrin
Bolton, Lancashire: Ross Anderson Publications, 1984, 281 p.

Number of People : 14


 1984

Sherrin, Ned
Song by song. The lives and work of 14 great lyric writers
Bolton: Ross Anderson Publications, 1984

Number of People : 14


 1983

White, Mark
You must remember this ... : popular songwriters 1900-1980
London: Frederick Warner, 1983

Number of People : 137


 1982

Anderson, E. Ruth
Contemporary American composers
A biographical dictionary
Second edition
Compiled by E. Ruth Anderson
Boston: G. K. Hall, 1982, 578 p.

Number of People : 3,986


 1980

Press, Jaques Cattell
ASCAP biographical dictionary of composers, authors and publishers
Fourth edition
Compiled for the American Society of Composers, Authors and publishers by Jaques Cattell Press
New York: R. R. Bowker, 1980, 589 p.

Number of People : 8,161


 1980

Warren, Craig
The great songwriters of Hollywood
London: A. S. Barnes, 1980

Number of People : 32


 1980 Source: 1

Sadie, Stanley
The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians
London: Macmillan, 1980

Number of People : 20,506


 1980

Green, Stanley
Taylor, Deems
The world of musical comedy.
The story of the American musical stage. As told through the careers of its foremost composers and lyricist.
Foreword by Deems Taylor
San Diego: A. S. Barnes, 1980, 391 p.

Number of People : 69


 1980 Source: 2

Comuzio, Ermanno
Film music lexicon
Amministrazione Provinciale di Pavia, 1980

Number of People : 570


 1979

Robijns, Jozef
Zijlstra, Miep
Algemene muziek enciclopedie
hoofdred., J. Robijns en Miep Zijlstra
Haarlem: De Haan, [1979]-1984

Number of People : 16,262


 1979

Wagner, Renata
Neuer opern Fuhrer : Liederspiel-Oper-Operette-Musical
Vienna: Prisma Verlag, 1979

Number of People : 137


 1978

After Tin Pan Alley

p. 91 In:
Ager, Milton
Craig, Warren
Sweet and lowdown : America's popular song writers
By Warren Craig
With a foreword by Milton Ager
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1978

Number of People : 105


 1976

Anderson, Ruth
Contemporary American composers
A biographical dictionary
1st ed.
Boston: G. K. Hall, 1976, 513 p.

Number of People : 3,758


 1976

Green, Stanley
Encyclopaedia of the musical theatre
New York: Dodd Mead, 1976

Number of People : 580


 1975

Sundstrom, Einar
Morin, Gosta
Moberg, Carl-Allan
Sohlman's musiklexikon
2. rev. och utvidgade uppl.
Redaktion: Gosta Morin, Carl-Alan Moberg och Einar Sundstrom
Stockholm: Sohlman Forlag, 1975-1979, 5 v.

Number of People : 10,962


 1974

Claghorn, Charles Eugene
Biographical dictionary of American music
West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co., 1974, 491 p.

Number of People : 3,156


 1974

Rosner, Helmut
Bulling, Burchard
Frank, Paul
Noetzel, Florian
Kurzgefasstes Tonkunstler Lexikon
Fortfuhrt von Burchard Bulling, Florian Noetzel, Helmut Rosner
Wilhelmshaven: Heinrichshofen, 1974
       Note: Zweiter Teil: Erganzungen und Erweiterungen seit 1937

Number of People : 16,276


 1974

Kinkle, Roger D.
The complete encyclopedia of popular music and jazz, 1900-1950
New Rochelle, N. Y.: Arlington, 1974

Number of People : 2,098


 1973

Wilk, Max
They're playing our song
New York: Atheneum, 1973

Number of People : 22


 1972

Ewen, David
Great men of American popular song
Revised and enlarged edition
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1972

Number of People : 45


 1970

Index to music necrology : 1969 necrology
Notes (Music Library Association), 1970, p. 721

Number of People : 125


 1970

Kinscella, Hazel Gertrude
Serposs, Emile H.
History sings : backgrounds of American music
By Hanzel Gertrude Kinscella
Revised by Emile H. Serposs
Lincoln: University Publishing Company, 1970, 428 p.

Number of People : 23


 1970

Ewen, David
Great men of American popular song
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1970

Number of People : 42


 1968

Ewen, David
Composers for the American musical theatre
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1968

Number of People : 14


 1962

Freeman, Larry / Dr.
Burton, Jack
The blue book of tin pan alley
A human interest encyclopedia of American popular music
1950-1965 supplement by Dr. Larry Freeman
By Jack Burton
Vol. II: 1910-1950
Watkins Glen, N.Y.: Century House, 1962, 528 p.

Number of People : 75


 1962

Ewen, David
Popular American composers : From revolutionary times to the present.
A biographical and critical guide
Compiled and edited by David Ewen
New York: H. W. Wilson, 1962

Number of People : 131


 1962

Ewen, David
Popular American composers : From revolutionary times to the present: first supplement.
A biographical and critical guide
Compiled and edited by David Ewen
New York: H. W. Wilson, 1962, 217 p.

Number of People : 76


 1962

Hughes, Gervase
Composers of operetta
London: MacMillan & Co Ltd., 1962

Number of People : 211


 1959

Ewen, David
Complete book of the American musical theater
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1959

Number of People : 77


 1957

A gallery of living American composers

p. 110 In:
Spaeth, Sigmund
Music journal. 1957 annual
New York: Music Journal Inc, 1957, 176 p.

Number of People : 30


 1954

Lyons, James
Howard, John Tasker
Our American music : three hundred years of it
Third edition, revised and reset.
With supplementary chapters by James Lyons
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1954, 841 p.

Number of People : 649

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 1951

Mize, J.T.H. / Dr.
The international who is who in music
Fifth (Mid-Century) Edition
Dr. J.T.H. Mize Editor-in-Chief
Chicago: Who is Who in Music, 1951, 576 p.

Number of People : 2,918

More Details : (1 Section)


 1951

McSpadden, J. Walker
Operas and musical comedies
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1951

Number of People : 140


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