Carl Tucker
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Carl James Tucker (1905–1949) was a composer and pianist. In Europe, some theater credits may have had his name as Karl Tucker.[1] he was the author of a variety of musical scores for stage and screen. From the musical comedy stage production of Fritzi, his song A One man women (1935) is documented at the U.S. Library of Congress.[2]
He was born in New York City in 1905. He studied at Badia College in Florence, Italy and graduated from the Vienna Academy of Music, which is now the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.[3]
Career
In Europe, he wrote the musical scores of nine films based in Paris and composed the music for three musical comedies. In 1934, he was the composer for the French song Un Bout de Bitume.[4] Examples of the musical comedies are Revue de Paris and Fritzi (1935).[3]
Fritzi premiered at the Adelphi Theatre in London, England on December 21, 1935, with lyrics by Arthur Stanley and book by (the play was written by) Sydney Blow and Edward Royce.[5][6]
| Song title | Lyricist | Composer | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fluttering round a flame[7] | Arthur Stanley | Carl Tucker | 1936 |
| I love you[7] | Arthur Stanley | Carl Tucker | 1935 |
| My Lord, the carriage awaits![7] | Arthur Stanley | Carl Tucker | 1936 |
| A One man women[7] | Arthur Stanley | Carl Tucker | 1935 |
After he had completed the music as a composer for Fritzi, he returned to New York City around 1937.
He wrote the following symphonies:
Montezuma, Elegie, Fantasie Cubana,[8] and Souvenir de Vienna[9].
He also wrote the Concerto Iridium,[10] as well as the song Haunting Perfume.[3]
In 1947, he wrote the music for symphonic poem My Son,[3][11] as well as collaborated on a variety of songs with Michael P. Grace ll, as presented in the discography below. Tucker, Grace, and Dale Wood would collaborate in that same year on I Dare to Dream.[12] By 1953, Grace became a Broadway producer, and some of Tucker's music was additional music for Grace's Broadway revue, John Murray Anderson's Almanac.[13][14] Also in 1953, Tucker collaborated with Grace and Sammy Gallop on a new version of I Dare to Dream.[15]
A great deal of his music was re-released in 1981 in a compilation of various composers titled:
A Parting kiss & 3,774 other titles; musical compositions.[16]