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 * Piantadosi notes


 * Other names
 * John A. J. Piantadois (1916 marriage to Edna H. Robbinson in Manhattan, New York)


 * Publishing firms
 * In 1920, the Al. Piantadosi Music Company (aka Al. Piantadosi & Company, Inc.) ran into financial trouble — owing $40,708.87 with only $7,521.26 in the . After reaching an agreement to pay creditors 10% in lieu of filing for protection under bankruptcy, Frank Goodman, an employee, paid it and took over the company.


 * In 1918, firm personnel included:
 * Al. Piantadosi, President
 * Herbert I. Avery, General Manager
 * Jack Glogau, Professional Manager
 * George Piantadosi, Western Manager at 113 North Dearborn Street, Chicago; in February 1920, he left the firm to work for McCarthy & Fisher, Inc.

General citations

 * The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music; Composers and Their Music, (supplement), by William H. Rehrig, Westerville, OH: Integrity Press (1996)
 * American Popular Songs. From The Revolutionary War To The Present, David Ewen (ed.), New York: Random House (1966)
 * The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary (3rd ed.), New York: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (1966)
 * ''ASCAP Biographical Dictionary (4th ed.), Compiled for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers by Jaques Cattell Press. New York: R.R. Bowker (1980)
 * Biographical Dictionary of American Music, by Charles Eugene Claghorn (1911–2005), West Nyack, NY: Parker Publishing Co. (1973)
 * Biography Index, Vol. 3, September 1952 – August 1955, New York: H.W. Wilson Co. (1956)
 * The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz, 1900-1950, (3 Vols.), by Roger D. Kinkle (1916–2000), New Rochelle: Arlington House Publishers (1974)
 * The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music; Composers and Their Music (2 Vols.), by William H. Rehrig, [[Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press (1991)
 * ''The New Grove Dictionary of American Music, (4 Vols.), H. Wiley Hitchcock & Stanley Sadie (eds.), London: Macmillan Press (1986)
 * Obituaries on File, (2 Vols.), compiled by Felice Levy, New York: Facts on File (1979)