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Van Alexander was born Alexander Van Vliet Feldman in Harlem. His mother was a classical pianist, and she taught him to play the piano. He studied music at Columbia University. Alexander led bands and arranged music beginning in high school. Career. He landed a job selling arrangements to Chick Webb in the middle of the 1930s.
Jul 30, 2015 · Van Alexander, a composer and arranger who adapted a nursery rhyme into “A-Tisket, A-Tasket,” which became Ella Fitzgerald’s breakout hit in 1938, died on July 19 at a hospital near his home in...
"There are only two things worth aiming for, good music and a clean conscience." - Paul Hindemith VAN ALEXANDERVan Alexander was an American bandleader, a...
Jul 20, 2015 · Van Alexander, the 1940s bandleader who co-wrote "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" with Ella Fitzgerald and went on to score dozens of films and TV shows in the 1950s and '60s, died of heart...
Jul 20, 2015 · He was a band leader, a composer and a prolific music arranger in Hollywood for television and film. Alexander, who continued to compose and arrange television and film scores well into his 90s...
Composer, bandleader, conductor, and author Van Alexander was educated at Columbia University, then formed his own orchestra playing in theatres and on radio, later arranging and conducting for radio. He was the chief conductor and arranger for Gordon MacRae and Sheila MacRae.
Jul 20, 2015 · Van Alexander, the 1940s US bandleader who became a prolific film and TV show composer, has died aged 100. According to Variety, the conductor and author died of heart failure on Sunday in a...
