GOUCHR - Morton Gould chronology l. Born in Richmond Hill, NY 10 December l913. 2. Richmond Hill H.S. 3. Institue of Musical Art, NY; Studied theory, harmony, and composition under Vincent Jones; Abbey Whitside, piano. 4. Married Twice; 4 children. 5. Concert pianist since l920s. 6. Freelance composer and conductor 7. Staff pianist with Radio City Music Hall l931İ2. 8. Composer, arranger, conductor for "Music for Today" broadcasts for Mutual Radio Network, NY 1935İ42. 9. Composer, arranger, conductor for CBS l942İ5. 10. President of ASCAP since l986 11. Grammy recipient and Grammy nominations. 12. American Symphony Orchestra League Gold Baton Award l983. 13. Elected to American Academy of Arts and Letters and National Arts Club. 14. Most of his best works draw from American idioms, backgrounds, and histories. 15. Uses jazz idioms and techniques occaisionally. 16. Uses LatinİAmerican melodies and rhythms as in LatinŞAmerican Symphonette. 17. One of his most successful orchestral works, Spirituals, uses Negro folk songs. 18. Composes works in which the material is completely his own: Concerto for Orchestra. 19. Associated with dance and ballet; Most famous Ballet is Fall River Legend which was choreographed by Agnes De Mille (Story of Lizzie Borden). 20. His music is a favorite at "pops" concerts. 21. He is recognized as a master of orchestraion. 22. Uses cowboy tunes and other American west folk music in such pieces as Cowboy Rhapsody (l940) which incorporates "Home on the Range." 23. His later and better known American Salute (l943) uses "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" as its basis; Songs such as these arose as an interest in songs of America's past became popular. "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" is a civial war song written by Patrick Gilmore. 24. Gould also portrayed revolutionary America in his worksİİas in his setting of Yankee Doodle (l945)