Ann Ronell

Ann Ronell (* December 28, 1906 or 1908 in Omaha, Nebraska, † December 25, 1993 in New York City ) was an American composer and lyricist, who through their jazz standard " Willow Weep for Me " (1932 ) is known. By Dorothy Fields, Dana sweetness and Kay Swift she was one of the first successful Hollywood and Tin Pan Alley composers and librettists.

Life and work

Ronell attended Radcliffe College and studied music with Walter Piston. Later she was married to producer Lester Cowan. She lived mostly in New York. Besides music, she also wrote dialogues and lyrics for the now forgotten music plays. She was also the first conductor of an orchestra Sondtrack. They trained singers and worked as a pianist at the rehearsal of Broadway plays.

She was with Frank Churchill, the author of the text of Disney's first hit song, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? " (1933 ) (for the eponymous film ). In 1939, she should go to prepare a musical to Paris, but this was made ​​impossible by the outbreak of the Second World War. She wrote music and lyrics for the Broadway musical Count Me In ( 1942). She wrote songs for films such as Champagne Waltz ( 1937) and Blockade (1938 ) and wrote film scores such as for the whole produced by Cowan Story of GI Joe (1945 ) but was involved, even on the film version of the Weill / Nash musical One Touch of Venus (1948 ), to Love Happy (1949 ) and on Main Street to Broadway ( 1953). It was for her song "Linda" and for work on The Story of GI Joe (together with co-composer Louis Applebaum ) excellent.