LOESSER, FRANK

LOESSER, FRANK
LOESSER, FRANK (1910–1969), composer. Born in New York, Loesser wrote songs while at City College and then in the army during World War II, of which Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition became the best known. He settled in Hollywood and wrote music for films and musicals; the best known are Hans Christian Andersen (film, 1952), and the musicals Guys and Dolls (1950), The Most Happy Fella (1956), and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1961). He was three times the recipient of the New York Drama Critics Award for the best musical score. His brother, ARTHUR LOESSER (1894–1969), was a pianist and writer on music, and the author of Men, Women and Pianos: A Social History (1954).

Encyclopedia Judaica. 1971.

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