Marjorie Goetschius

Marjorie Goetschius was the granddaughter of Maria Stefany, an opera singer, and Percy Goetschius, a music theorist and composer.{{Cite news|last=Roe|first=Dorothy|date=1954-12-21|title=Long-hair Composer Gives Music a Crewcut|pages=11|work=The Tampa Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80192445/the-tampa-times/|access-date=2021-10-10}} She learned to play the piano at the age of five from her mother, Pauline Gauer, who was a concert pianist. She was educated at Georgian Court College and by her grandparents. She attended the Juilliard School in New York City, where she received instruction from Bernard Wagenaar, James Friskin, and Joseph Schillinger.{{Cite book|last=Claghorn|first=Charles Eugene|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42329817|title=Women composers and songwriters : a concise biographical dictionary|date=1996|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=0-585-03162-2|location=Lanham, Md.|oclc=42329817}}

Marjorie met her husband Emery Deutsch at the Juilliard School of Music. A composer of serious music for the concert hall, at Deutsch's suggestion Goetschius began composing popular songs. Her song "I Dream of You" stayed on the hit parade for 16 weeks in 1944–45. In addition she wrote several songs with violinist Jascha Heifetz, who used the pseudonym of Jim Hoyl. In 1954, Tony Martin launched "My Bambino",{{Cite news|last=Kleiner|first=Dick|date=1955-01-05|title=Entertainment|pages=10|work=Lancaster New Era|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80191268/lancaster-new-era/|access-date=2021-10-10}} which Goetschius wrote as an adaptation of an Italian lullaby inspired by the birth of her son.

She composed music for piano and played cello and piano in orchestras and radio. Her songs were played by popular musicians such as Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Doris Day, Duke Ellington, Johnny Mathis, among others.

For piano:

• Sonata in B
• Theme & Variations
• Scherzo in Thirds
• Rondo
• Poetique
• Rhapsody in G

For violin:

• Lament
• Tango del Ensueno
• Valse Burlesque
• Nebuleuses

• "I dream of you (More Than You Dream I Do)" (1944){{Cite web|title=dbopm :: the database of popular music :: Songs written or co-written by Marjorie Goetschius.|url=http://www.dbopm.com/link/index/4201/3465|access-date=2021-04-28|website=www.dbopm.com}}
• "I'll Always Be With You" (February 7, 1945){{Cite web|title=Marjorie Goetschius|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/893219-Marjorie-Goetschius|access-date=2021-04-28|website=Discogs|language=en}}{{Cite book|last1=Goetschius|first1=Marjorie|url=https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/7733102|title=I'll always be with you|last2=Osser|first2=Edna|date=1946|publisher=J. Albert & Son|others=Symphony Australia|location=Sydney}}
• "Was the Last Time I Saw You (The Last Time)"
• "So Much in Love"{{Citation|last1=BING CROSBY|title=SO MUCH IN LOVE|date=1946|url=http://archive.org/details/78_so-much-in-love_bing-crosby-victor-young-and-his-orchestra-jim-hoyl-marjorie-goetsc_gbia0202952b|others=Internet Archive|publisher=Decca|language=English|access-date=2021-04-28|last2=Victor Young And His Orchestra|last3=Jim Hoyl|last4=Marjorie Goetschius}}
• "This Is My Confession"{{Cite book|last=Office|first=Library of Congress Copyright|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MTohAQAAIAAJ&q=This+Is+My+Confession+Marjorie+Goetschius&pg=PA232|title=Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series|date=1956|language=en}}

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• {{Cite news|last=Kleiner|first=Dick|date=January 5, 1955|title=Entertainment: You Can Never Tell|pages=10|work=Lancaster New Era|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80191268/lancaster-new-era/|via=Newspapers.com}}
• {{Cite news|last=Rogero|first=Nancy|date=November 6, 1940|title=Deutsches on Honeymoon|pages=4–A|work=The Miami Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80191459/the-miami-herald/|via=Newspapers.com}}
• {{Cite news|last=Roe|first=Dorothy|date=December 21, 1954|title=Long-Hair Composer Gives Music a Crewcut|pages=11|work=The Tampa Daily Times|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80192445/the-tampa-times/|via=Newspapers.com}}

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