Composer, author and conductor, educated in England. He became a US citizen in 1948 and was appointed director of musical presentations at New York's Capitol Theatre. He was also the associate director of the Salzburg Festival in 1927, and directed the official Austrian program at the Chicago Centennial in 1934. Between 1937 and 1941, he was under contract to Hollywood film studios. Joining ASCAP in 1948, his popular-song compositions include "Viennese Memories", "Rosalinda, Love of Mine", "Oh Jiminy, Oh Jiminy", "Laughing Song", "Csardas", and Melodrama".
