Josef Bonime(1891-1959)
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Composer, pianist, teacher and conductor, he came to the USA as a
child. Educated at CCNY and Juillard, he toured as a piano accompanist
to Mischa Elman and Eugene Ysaye. In the 1920s he recorded for
Vitaphone talkies, and arranged music for film short subjects. He
conducted the orchestra for radio programs from 1925, including the CBS
Symphony and "The Columbia School of the Air". Later he was in the
radio depart at McCann Erickson and joined the faculty at
Juillard.
