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Marjorie Goetschius (née Marjorie Laura Goetschius; 1915 Manchester, New Hampshire – 1997) was an American composer and lyricist. Initially, and by formal education, she composed and arranged in classical genres. But for most of her remaining life, she was a writer of popular songs. She was a granddaughter of Percy Goetschius, a scholar of music theory and composition who was among the founding professors of Juilliard.[1]

Career

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Education

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She studied at Georgian Court University and Juilliard

Transcript from ASCAP Bios 1980

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Born in Raymond, NH. Cellist, pianist, lyricist, and composer. Grandfather was Percy Goetschius. Powell Weaver, composition student of Marjorie Goetschius, who in 1940s, wrote popular songs with violinist Jascha Heifetz (1901–1987), who used the pseu­do­nym Jim Hoyl.[2]

One, "When You Make Love to Me" ("Don’t Make Believe"), became a hit in 1946 and recorded by Bing Crosby, Dick Jurgens, Helen Ward, and Margaret Whiting. The song was also fea­tured in the 1949 film, The Set-Up, directed by Robert Wise and star­ring Robert Ryan.

Goetschius attended Georgian Court College and the Juilliard School of Music. She studied piano with James Friskin; theory with Percy Goetschius (her grandfather), Bernard Wagenaar, and Joseph Schillinger; voice, Maria Stefany (her paternal grandmother). In radio as pianist and singer; Background music and script for network pro­grams.

Works

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Piano
  2. Sonata in B Minor
  3. "Theme and Variations"
  4. "Scherzo in Thirds"
  5. "Rondo"
  6. "Berceuse"
  7. "Poetique"
    Emery Deutsch (w&m)
    Marjorie Goetschius (w&m)
    Carl Weber (arranger)
    © Emil Ascher, Inc.
    23 January 1942; EP103864
    OCLC 465420025
  8. "Rhapsody in G"
Violin
  2. Lament
  3. Tango del Ensueno
  4. Valse Burlesque
  5. Nebuleuses
Voice
  2. Remi­niscence
Songs
  2. "I Dream of You (More Than You Dream I Do)"
    Marjorie Goetschius (music)
    Edna Osser (words)
    © Embassy Music Corp.
    15 February 1944; EU3638112
    OCLC 861289665
  3. "I'll Always Be With You"
  4. "The Last Time I Saw You"
  5. Like a Leaf in the Wind"
  6. "Hora Swing-Cato"
    Marjorie Goetschius (words)
    Jim Hoyl (arrangement)
    (pseudonym of Jascha Heifetz)
    Adapted from "Hora Staccato"
    By Dinicu &
    Jascha Heifetz
    © Carl Fischer, Inc.
    5 December 1946; EP11299
  7. "So Much in Love"
  8. "You’re Different"
  9. "Can I Canoe You Up the River"
    Marjorie Goetschius (w&m)
    Edna Osser (w&m)
    © Leeds Music Corp.
    13 June 1949; EU171288
    OCLC 41093716
  10. "Green Grass and Peaceful Pastures"

Randomly selected works

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Emery Music
  2. "When You Make Love to Me" ("Don't Make Believe")
    Jim Hoyl (music)
    (pseudonym of Jascha Heifetz) (music)
    Marjorie Goetschius
    © Jascha Heifetz & Marjorie Goetschius
    Grymes Hill, Staten Island
    6 December 1945; EU449302
    OCLC 606590384
Kulma Music Corp.[a]
  2. "The Angels Lit the Candles"
    Fay Tishman (w&m)
    Marjorie Goetschius (w&m)
    © Kulma Music Corp.[a]
    29 August 1956; EU449170
  3. "The Christmas Bells are Ringing"
    Fay Tishman (w&m)
    Marjorie Goetschius (w&m)
    © Kulma Music Corp.
    29 August 1956; EU449171
  4. "Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men"
    Marjorie Goetschius (w&m)
    © Kulma Music Corp.
    29 August 1956; EU449172
  5. "No Room at the Inn"
    Fay Tishman (w&m)
    Marjorie Goetschius (w&m)
    © Kulma Music Corp.
    29 August 1956; EU449173
  6. "Mary's Lullaby"
    Fay Tishman (w&m)
    Marjorie Goetschius (w&m)
    © Kulma Music Corp.
    29 August 1956; EU449174
  7. "The Lonely Shepherd"
    Fay Tishman (w&m)
    Marjorie Goetschius (w&m)
    © Kulma Music Corp.
    29 August 1956; EU449175
  8. "Each Christmas Remember"
    Fay Tishman (w&m)
    Marjorie Goetschius (w&m)
    © Kulma Music Corp.
    29 August 1956; EU449176
  9. "God Bless You, Little Children"
    Fay Tishman (w&m)
    Marjorie Goetschius (w&m)
    © Kulma Music Corp.
    29 August 1956; EU449177
  10. "I Bow My Head"
    Fay Tishman (w&m)
    Marjorie Goetschius (w&m)
    © Kulma Music Corp.
    29 August 1956; EU449178
  11. "A King Without a Crown"
    Fay Tishman (w&m)
    Marjorie Goetschius (w&m)
    © Kulma Music Corp.
    29 August 1956; EU449181
Southern Music Pub. Co. Inc.
  2. "I Found Someone New"
    Fay Tishman (w&m)
    Marjorie Goetschius (w&m)
    © Southern Music Pub. Co. Inc.
    6 February 1956; EU425832
Ben Bloom Music Corp.
  2. "I Call it a Day"
    Fay Tishman (words)
    Marjorie Goetschius (music)
    © Ben Bloom Music Corp.
    21 May 1956; EU437871
Harry Von Tilzer Music. Pub. Co.
  2. "Life"
    Fay Tishman (words)
    Marjorie Goetschius (music)
    © Harry Von Tilzer Music. Pub. Co.
    15 February 1956; EU426778
Ardmore Music Corp.
  2. "Buried Treasure"
    Fay Tishman (w&m)
    Marjorie Goetschius (w&m)
    © Ardmore Music Corp.
    12 January 1959; EU557142

Family

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Grandparents

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Her paternal grandfather, Percy Goetschius, was a scholar in music theory and composition and a founding professor at Juilliard.[1] Her paternal grandmother (Percy's wife), Maria Stepanie, was an opera star and, later in life, a music pedigog.[3]

Husband

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Marjorie Goetschius married band leader and songwriter Emery Deutsch (1906–1997) in 1940. Emery Deutsch was the brother of advertising executive Arnold Reid Deutsch (1908–2002), who co-founded, with Jerome P. Shea (1901–1943), Deutsch, Shea & Evans, Inc., in 1940, which was acquired by Foote, Cone & Belding in 1975 – and again acquired in 1994 by Monster Worldwide, Inc.

Sons

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Marjorie and Emery had two sons, Christopher and Gregory Paul Deutsch (born 1952). Greg Deutsch, when he was 10 (in 1962), became a member of ASCAP. At that time, in ASCAP's juvenile division, Greg was the youngest member and was credited with having written 30 songs, including "The Professional Children's School Song"[4] for the school that he was attending.

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Kulma Music Corp. was the New York based music publishing company of Mickey Cox (1912–1975), a woman, whose used the pseudonym of Louise Kulma. Her husband, Desmond "Sonny" Cox (pseudonym; 1903–1966), had a music publishing firm with Harold Elton Box (pseudonym; 1903–1981) called Box and Cox (Publications) Ltd., a London firm, founded in 1947, and located at 7 Denmark Street. They opened a Box and Cox office in New York in 1952. At one point, they were at 1619 Broadway – in the Brill Building. In 1933, Box and Cox founded Cinephonic Music Co. Ltd. in London at 2, 3, and 4 Dean Street.

    Pseudonyms: Jules Dévereux — collective pseudonym for four songwriters: (i) Harry Leon (né Aaron Sugarman; 1901–1968), (ii) Don Pelosi (né Leonardo Domenico Pelosi; 1928–1998), (iii) Elton Box (1903–1981), and (iv) Desmond Cox (1903–1966) (re: "Serenade of Napoli, Santa Lucia," © 1940)

    Harold Elton Box (Adrien Bernard)
    Desmond Cox (Adrien Keuleman or Klem(ent) Bernard)
    source

Inline citations

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  1. ^ a b New Jersey Biographical Dictionary (2008–2009 ed.; Vol. 1 of 2), Caryn Hannan (ed.), State History Publications (2008)
    "Goetschius, Percy," pps. 274–276
    OCLC 245610040
  2. ^ The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (2nd ed.), Daniel Ignatius McNamara (1885–1962) (ed.), Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1952)OCLC 377472, 843009652; LCCN 52-7038
  3. ^ The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary (4th ed.), compiled for the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers – by Jaques Cattell Press, New York: R.R. Bowker Co. (1980)
    "Deutsch, Emery," pg. 123
    "Goetschius, Marjorie," pg. 188
    OCLC 7065938, 607901541, 568030296
    OCLC 41386928, 12259500, 180504594
    OCLC 723489684
    (Search only via HathiTrust)
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