Pierre Norman(1895-1952)
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Composer, songwriter ("When I Take My Sugar to Tea", "You Brought a New
Kind of Love to Me") and priest, educated at the Wyoming Conservatory
and St. Bonaventure College (BA, MA) and a musical degree from the
Benedictine Fathers. He also studied with Ergildo Martinelli. He was
the pastor of St. John's Church in Cliffside, New Jersey, and chaplain
of the New Jersey State Police for 24 years, and the New Jersey State
Guard. Joining ASCAP in 1925, his chief musical collaborators included
Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal. His other popular-song compositions
include "The Golden Dawn", "Lillies of Lorraine", "The Far Green Hills
of Home", "Little Black Dog", "I Shall Return", "Lord's Prayer", "Our
Father", "Ave Maria", and "Miracle of the Bells".
