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Marjorie Goetschius (née Marjorie Laura Goetschius; 1915 Manchester, New Hampshire – 1997) was an American composer and lyricist. Initially, and by formal education, she composed and arranged in classical genres. But for most of her remaining life, she was a writer of popular songs. She was a granddaughter of Percy Goetschius, a scholar of music theory and composition who was among the founding professors of Juilliard.

Education
She studied at Georgian Court University and Juilliard

Transcript from ASCAP Bios 1980
Born in Raymond, NH. Cellist, pianist, lyricist, and composer. Grandfather was Percy Goetschius. Powell Weaver, composition student of Marjorie Goetschius, who in 1940s, wrote popular songs with violinist Jascha Heifetz (1901–1987), who used the pseu­do­nym Jim Hoyl.

One, "When You Make Love to Me" ("Don’t Make Believe"), became a hit in 1946 and recorded by Bing Crosby, Dick Jurgens, Helen Ward, and Margaret Whiting. The song was also fea­tured in the 1949 film, The Set-Up, directed by Robert Wise and star­ring Robert Ryan.

Goetschius attended Georgian Court College and the Juilliard School of Music. She studied piano with James Friskin; theory with Percy Goetschius (her grandfather), Bernard Wagenaar, and Joseph Schillinger; voice, Maria Stefany (her paternal grandmother). In radio as pianist and singer; Background music and script for network pro­grams.

Works

 * Piano

Marjorie Goetschius (w&m) Carl Weber (arranger) © Emil Ascher, Inc. 23 January 1942; EP103864
 * 1) Sonata in B Minor
 * 2) "Theme and Variations"
 * 3) "Scherzo in Thirds"
 * 4) "Rondo"
 * 5) "Berceuse"
 * 6) "Poetique" Emery Deutsch (w&m)
 * 1) "Rhapsody in G"


 * Violin


 * 1) Lament
 * 2) Tango del Ensueno
 * 3) Valse Burlesque
 * 4) Nebuleuses


 * Voice


 * 1) Remi­niscence


 * Songs

Edna Osser (words) © Embassy Music Corp. 15 February 1944; EU3638112 Jim Hoyl (arrangement) (pseudonym of Jascha Heifetz) Adapted from "Hora Staccato" By Dinicu & Jascha Heifetz © Carl Fischer, Inc. 5 December 1946; EP11299 Edna Osser (w&m) © Leeds Music Corp. 13 June 1949; EU171288
 * 1) "I Dream of You (More Than You Dream I Do)" Marjorie Goetschius (music)
 * 1) "I'll Always Be With You"
 * 2) "The Last Time I Saw You"
 * 3) Like a Leaf in the Wind"
 * 4) "Hora Swing-Cato" Marjorie Goetschius (words)
 * 1) "So Much in Love"
 * 2) "You’re Different"
 * 3) "Can I Canoe You Up the River" Marjorie Goetschius (w&m)


 * 1) "Green Grass and Peaceful Pastures"

Randomly selected works

 * Emery Music

(pseudonym of Jascha Heifetz) (music) Marjorie Goetschius © Jascha Heifetz & Marjorie Goetschius Grymes Hill, Staten Island 6 December 1945; EU449302
 * 1) "When You Make Love to Me" ("Don't Make Believe") Jim Hoyl (music)


 * Kulma Music Corp.

Marjorie Goetschius (w&m) © Kulma Music Corp. 29 August 1956; EU449170 Marjorie Goetschius (w&m) © Kulma Music Corp. 29 August 1956; EU449171 © Kulma Music Corp. 29 August 1956; EU449172 Marjorie Goetschius (w&m) © Kulma Music Corp. 29 August 1956; EU449173 Marjorie Goetschius (w&m) © Kulma Music Corp. 29 August 1956; EU449174 Marjorie Goetschius (w&m) © Kulma Music Corp. 29 August 1956; EU449175 Marjorie Goetschius (w&m) © Kulma Music Corp. 29 August 1956; EU449176 Marjorie Goetschius (w&m) © Kulma Music Corp. 29 August 1956; EU449177 Marjorie Goetschius (w&m) © Kulma Music Corp. 29 August 1956; EU449178 Marjorie Goetschius (w&m) © Kulma Music Corp. 29 August 1956; EU449181
 * 1) "The Angels Lit the Candles" Fay Tishman (w&m)
 * 1) "The Christmas Bells are Ringing" Fay Tishman (w&m)
 * 1) "Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men" Marjorie Goetschius (w&m)
 * 1) "No Room at the Inn" Fay Tishman (w&m)
 * 1) "Mary's Lullaby" Fay Tishman (w&m)
 * 1) "The Lonely Shepherd" Fay Tishman (w&m)
 * 1) "Each Christmas Remember" Fay Tishman (w&m)
 * 1) "God Bless You, Little Children" Fay Tishman (w&m)
 * 1) "I Bow My Head" Fay Tishman (w&m)
 * 1) "A King Without a Crown" Fay Tishman (w&m)


 * Southern Music Pub. Co. Inc.

Marjorie Goetschius (w&m) © Southern Music Pub. Co. Inc. 6 February 1956; EU425832
 * 1) "I Found Someone New" Fay Tishman (w&m)


 * Ben Bloom Music Corp.

Marjorie Goetschius (music) © Ben Bloom Music Corp. 21 May 1956; EU437871
 * 1) "I Call it a Day" Fay Tishman (words)


 * Harry Von Tilzer Music. Pub. Co.

Marjorie Goetschius (music) © Harry Von Tilzer Music. Pub. Co. 15 February 1956; EU426778
 * 1) "Life" Fay Tishman (words)


 * Ardmore Music Corp.

Marjorie Goetschius (w&m) © Ardmore Music Corp. 12 January 1959; EU557142
 * 1) "Buried Treasure" Fay Tishman (w&m)

Grandparents
Her paternal grandfather, Percy Goetschius, was a scholar in music theory and composition and a founding professor at Juilliard. Her paternal grandmother (Percy's wife), Maria Stepanie, was an opera star and, later in life, a music pedigog.

Husband
Marjorie Goetschius married band leader and songwriter Emery Deutsch (1906–1997) in 1940. Emery Deutsch was the brother of advertising executive Arnold Reid Deutsch (1908–2002), who co-founded, with Jerome P. Shea (1901–1943), Deutsch, Shea & Evans, Inc., in 1940, which was acquired by Foote, Cone & Belding in 1975 – and again acquired in 1994 by Monster Worldwide, Inc.

Sons
Marjorie and Emery had two sons, Christopher and Gregory Paul Deutsch (born 1952). Greg Deutsch, when he was 10 (in 1962), became a member of ASCAP. At that time, in ASCAP's juvenile division, Greg was the youngest member and was credited with having written 30 songs, including "The Professional Children's School Song" for the school that he was attending.