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Stalling (surname)
Stalling is a surname. Notable people with this surname include: *Carl Stalling Carl William Stalling (November 10, 1891 – November 29, 1972) was an American composer, voice actor and arranger for music in animated films. He is most closely associated with the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' shorts produced by War ... (1891–1972), American composer and arranger * Jonathan Stalling (born 1975), American poet, scholar, editor, translator, professor, and inventor * Max Stalling (born 1966), American country music singer/songwriter See also * Stallings (surname) {{surname, Stalling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Stalling
Carl William Stalling (November 10, 1891 – November 29, 1972) was an American composer, voice actor and arranger for music in animated films. He is most closely associated with the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' shorts produced by Warner Bros., where he averaged one complete score each week, for 22 years. Biography Stalling was born to Ernest and Sophia C. Stalling. His parents were from Germany; his father arrived in the United States in 1883. The family settled in Lexington, Missouri where his father was a carpenter. He started playing piano at six. By the age of 12, he was the principal piano accompanist in his hometown's silent movie house. For a short period, he was also the theatre organist at the St. Louis Theatre, which eventually became Powell Symphony Hall. By his early 20s, he was conducting his own orchestra and improvising on the organ at the Isis Movie Theatre in Kansas City. His actual job at the time was to play "organ accompaniment" for silent films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Stalling
Jonathan Stalling (; born June 24, 1975) is an American poet, scholar, editor, translator, professor, and inventor who works at the intersection of English and Chinese. He is the Harold J & Ruth Newman Chair for US-China Issues and co-director of the Institute for US-China Issues, and is Professor of International and Area Studies at the University of Oklahoma. He is also the affiliate English professor at the University of Oklahoma where he serves as the founding curator of the Chinese Literature Translation Archive (CLTA), and as a founding editor of ''Chinese Literature Today'' (CLT) journal and as the editor of the ''CLT (now CLT2) and CLT book series'' published by the University of Oklahoma Press. He is the creator of the English Jueju poetic form and Directs the Newman Prize for Chinese Literature and Newman Prize for English Jueju. Early life and education The son of artists, Stalling grew up in Eureka Springs, Arkansas during the back-to-the-land movement, and went to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Stalling
Max Stalling is a Texas country music singer-songwriter. Early life Stalling is from Crystal City. He attended kindergarten through high school in Carrizo Springs. He studied at Texas A&M University, where he earned an undergraduate and a master's degree in Food Science. It was in graduate school that Stalling first picked up the guitar and began dabbling with songwriting. After college, Stalling moved to Dallas, where he entered the corporate world. He first worked for Campbell-Taggart Baking Company in product development and then for Frito-Lay as a research scientist. Once in Dallas, Stalling discovered the vibrant music scene of North Texas. Musical career In Dallas, Stalling started writing songs, recording albums, and developing his musical style. He drew inspiration from artists like Townes Van Zandt, Robert Earl Keen, and Guy Clark. Eventually, Stalling was performing with a full band to back him. His first band consisted of Jeff Howe on drums and percussion, Bryc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |