| LC control no. | n 85173090 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML423.L2577 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Latouche, John, 1914-1956 |
| Variant(s) | Latouche, John Treville, 1914-1956 La Touche, John, 1914-1956 Touche, John La, 1914-1956 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Richmond (Va.) |
| Birth date | 1914-11-13 |
| Death date | 1956-08-07 |
| Place of birth | Baltimore (Md.) |
| Place of death | Calais (Vt.) |
| Field of activity | Lyric writing (Popular music) |
| Profession or occupation | Lyricists |
| Found in | Bennett, R.R. Take love easy [SR] p1985: container (John Latouche, b. 11/13/17, d. 8/7/56, lyricist) LC manual cat. (hdg.: Latouche, John Treville, 1917-1956) Fisher, M. Strange, c1953: title page (John La Touche) Taking a chance on love [SR] p2000 insert (b. Nov. 13, 1914, 5:45 p.m.; after winning a literary scholarship in 1932, he moved to Manhattan and lopped 3 years off his age, posing as a child prodigy of 14) babydoe.org, viewed August 20, 2020 (John Treville Latouche; born November 13, 1914, Baltimore, Maryland, died August 7, 1956, Calais, Vermont; he moved to New York City in 1932; he attended Columbia University for two years, then left to concentrate on writing for the theatre, contributing music and/or lyrics to a number of musical revues on and off-Broadway, as well as writing nightclub material for a variety of performers; his first great success came with the musical cantata Ballad for Americans, then wrote the lyrics for Cabin in the sky; he served in the Seabees during WWII, resuming his Broadway career in 1944; his best known work is perhaps the opera The ballad of Baby Doe) Wikipedia, Feb. 9, 2012 (John La Touche, John Treville Latouche, born Nov. 13, 1914, Baltimore, Maryland, moved to Richmond, Virginia when he was 4 months old, d. Aug. 7, 1956, Calais, Vermont) Internet Broadway Database, Feb. 9, 2012 (John La Touche, b. Nov. 13, 1917, Richmond, VA) 1920 U.S. Federal Census--Population. Virgina. Richmond City. Madison Ward. ED 148: p. 2B (La Touche, Treville; age 5) 1930 U.S. Federal Census--Population. Virgina. Richmond City. Madison Ward. ED 116: p. 12A (Latouch, Treville L.; age 15) NUCMC data from Library of Congress Manuscript Division for His Playscript, 1941 (La Touche, John) Moross, J. I've got me, c1948: caption, cover (JohnLaTouche) Congo, 1945: title page (John Latouche) New York Public Library Archives & Manuscripts WWW site, viewed August 20, 2020 (John Latouche papers; lyricist who wrote for many Broadway musicals; papers include: Album - Belgian Congo Expedition 1942-1943) |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | n 95116741 |
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