Alex Hyde(1898-1956)
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Songwriter ("Oh, Say Can You Swing?"), composer, author and conductor.
He came to the USA in 1898 and was educated in New York public schools
as well as in private music study with Sascha Coleman and Michael
Svedrofsky, earning an honorary Mus. D. During World War I he was a US
Navy bandmaster, and thereafter a conductor at theatres and cafes in
New York and Europe. During World War II, he served in the United
States Army Air Force as a composer and bandleader, later scoring films
and serving as a consultant to Miklós Rózsa. Joining ASCAP in 1937, his
other popular-song compositions include "Poor Robinson Crusoe", "With
Thee I Swing", "My Heart Is in a Violin", "Picture Me in a Picture With
You", and "I Love You From Coast to Coast".