COMPOSER'S DEATH
LONDON, January 19. The death has occurred as a result of a fall of the well-known musical comedy and song composer, Mr. Harold Fraser-Simson, at the age of 65.
Mr. Fraser-Sfmson, who was educated at the Charterhouse School, King's College, and in France, was the composer of the famous "Maid of the Mountains" and "A Southern Maid," as well as many other successful musical presentations between 1911 and 1927. He also set to music six volumes of songs, with words by A. A. Milne, under the title "When We Were Very Young," also a volume of songs from "Alice in Wonderland."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 17, 21 January 1944, Page 5
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