Peter DeRose
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American composer of jazz and pop music
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Peter DeRose was an American composer of jazz and pop music during the era of Tin Pan Alley. Biography A native of New York City, a son of Anthony and Armelina Agresti De Rose, he showed a gift for all things musical at an early age. He learned to play the piano from an older sister. F.B. Haviland published his first song, "Tiger Rose Waltzes", when he was 18 years old. After graduating from DeWitt Clinton High School in 1917, he found a job at a music store as a stock room clerk. His composition "When You're Gone, I Won't Forget" led to a job at the New York office of Italian music publisher G. Ricordi & Co.
