Battleship California
Crosby, H. J.
Battleship California by: H. J. Crosby
Original Copyright: 1914 By: Cundy - Bettoney Co.
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Cro
sby,
Har
old
J.
D
OB
: Fe
brua
ry 1
1, 1
886
(Dex
ter,
Mai
ne)
D
OD
: J
anua
ry 1
8, 1
920
(New
Yor
k Ci
ty, N
Y)
Har
old
Josi
ah C
rosb
y w
as b
orn
in D
exte
r, M
aine
, on
Febr
uary
11,
188
6. Af
ter
grad
uatin
g fr
om D
exte
r H
igh
Scho
ol, h
e st
udie
d at
Bow
doin
Col
lege
, the
Uni
vers
ity o
f M
aine
, and
the
New
Eng
land
Con
serv
ator
y of
Mus
ic.
He
play
ed n
umer
ous
inst
rum
ents
, inc
ludi
ng t
rom
bone
, ba
riton
e, p
iano
, and
org
an.
He
thus
was
abl
e to
ear
n hi
s liv
ing
as a
per
form
er in
or
ches
tras
and
the
ater
gro
ups.
Cros
by's
fam
e as
a m
arch
com
pose
r w
as a
t its
pea
k du
ring
the
first
tw
o de
cade
s of
the
20t
h ce
ntur
y. M
any
of h
is w
orks
wer
e co
mpo
sed
durin
g th
e W
orld
War
I
era,
thu
s ex
plai
ning
the
ir pa
trio
tic t
itles
. H
is m
arch
es w
ere
publ
ishe
d by
sev
eral
fir
ms,
incl
udin
g hi
s ow
n, w
hich
he
diss
olve
d be
fore
mov
ing
to N
ew Y
ork
City
just
be
fore
he
died
. D
espi
te h
is e
arly
dem
ise
at t
he a
ge o
f 33
, he
prod
uced
exc
iting
an
d di
stin
ctiv
e m
arch
es w
hich
fou
nd w
ide
acce
ptan
ce in
the
ir da
y. W
hile
he
mad
e m
any
orch
estr
al a
nd b
and
arra
ngem
ents
of
clas
sica
l and
pop
ular
mus
ic,
his
orig
inal
mar
ches
wer
e w
hat
earn
ed h
im a
n im
port
ant
plac
e in
the
his
tory
of
band
mus
ic.
He
died
in N
ew Y
ork
City
on
Janu
ary
18, 1
920.
1
Bat
tles
hip
Calif
orni
a (m
arch
) w
as p
ublis
hed
in 1
914
Cund
y:Be
tton
ey C
ompa
ny
(Bos
ton,
MAS
S).
The
mar
ch b
ears
the
ded
icat
ion
to J
.W. N
ewm
an.
Pro
gram
not
e re
sear
ched
by
Mar
cus
L. N
eim
an
Med
ina,
Ohi
o
Add
ition
al in
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atio
n on
eith
er th
e co
mpo
ser o
r com
posi
tion
wou
ld b
e w
elco
med
. P
leas
e se
nd
info
rmat
ion
to
mar
cusn
eim
an@
zoom
inte
rnet
.net
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Reh
ig, W
illia
m H
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erle
y, P
aul (
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r). T
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ncyc
lope
dia
of b
and
mus
ic, I
nteg
rity
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s,
Wes
terv
ille,
OH
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005)
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