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Piantadosi notes
Other names
Publishing firms
  • In 1920, the Al. Piantadosi Music Company (aka Al. Piantadosi & Company, Inc.) ran into financial trouble — owing $40,708.87 with only $7,521.26 in the till. After reaching an agreement to pay creditors 10% in lieu of filing for protection under bankruptcy, Frank Goodman, an employee, paid it and took over the company.[1][2][3]
In 1918, firm personnel included:
  • Al. Piantadosi, President
  • Herbert I. Avery, General Manager
  • Jack Glogau, Professional Manager
  • George Piantadosi, Western Manager at 113 North Dearborn Street, Chicago; in February 1920, he left the firm to work for McCarthy & Fisher, Inc.

General citations

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  • The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music; Composers and Their Music, (supplement), by William H. Rehrig, Westerville, OH: Integrity Press (1996)
  • American Popular Songs. From The Revolutionary War To The Present, David Ewen (ed.), New York: Random House (1966)
  • The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary (3rd ed.), New York: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (1966)
  • ASCAP Biographical Dictionary (4th ed.), Compiled for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers by Jaques Cattell Press. New York: R.R. Bowker (1980)
  • Biographical Dictionary of American Music, by Charles Eugene Claghorn (1911–2005), West Nyack, NY: Parker Publishing Co. (1973)
  • Biography Index, Vol. 3, September 1952 – August 1955, New York: H.W. Wilson Co. (1956)
  • The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz, 1900-1950, (3 Vols.), by Roger D. Kinkle (1916–2000), New Rochelle: Arlington House Publishers (1974)
  • The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music; Composers and Their Music (2 Vols.), by William H. Rehrig, [[Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press (1991)
  • The New Grove Dictionary of American Music, (4 Vols.), H. Wiley Hitchcock & Stanley Sadie (eds.), London: Macmillan Press (1986)
  • Obituaries on File, (2 Vols.), compiled by Felice Levy, New York: Facts on File (1979)

References

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  1. ^ "Goodman Offer Accepted," New York Clipper, June 9, 1920, pg. 34
  2. ^ "10% For Piantadosi Creditors," New York Clipper, May 26, 1920, pg. 17
  3. ^ "Piantadosi, Al" (bio), by Perfessor Bill Edwards (aka William G. Motley III; born 1959), (www.ragpiano.com) (retrieved February 22, 1016)