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Ann Ronell (née Rosenblatt; December 25, 1905 – December 25, 1993) was an American composer and lyricist. She was best known for the standards "Willow Weep for Me" (1932) and "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf" (1933).
Ann Ronell was a composer, lyricist, and pianist who wrote for film and Tin Pan Alley. She was mentored by George Gershwin and composed "Willow Weep for Me", a jazz standard with over 800 recordings.
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Ronell dedicated “Willow Weep for Me” to George Gershwin, the composer who helped her get her start in the music industry. In Joan Peyser’s Gershwin biography, The Memory of All That: The Life of George Gershwin , Ronell is quoted as saying, “George was sacred to me.
Ann Ronell. Real Name: Ann Rosenblatt. Profile: American composer and lyricist best known for the jazz standard "Willow Weep for Me" (1932), born 25 December 1905, in Omaha, Nebraska, USA and died 25 December 1993 in New York City, New York, USA.
Dec 25, 1993 · One of the first successful female composers working in Hollywood and Tin Pan Alley, Ann Ronell was born in Omaha, NE, on December 28, 1908 (some sources alternately list 1906). She attended Radcliffe….
Jazz Vocalist. WOMEN IN JAZZ: AN INVITATION TO FREEDOM. STORIES ABOUT THE WOMEN IN JAZZ FEATURED ON THIS ALBUM. TRACK 1. ANN RONELL, COMPOSER OF WILLOW WEEP FOR ME. Pursuing a music education, Ann Ronell graduated from Radcliffe College in Massachusetts in 1927 before tackling the New York music publishing industry.
