Dana Suesse

American musician, composer and lyricist
Jazz Nocturne for piano (1931); also arranged for piano and orchestra by Carroll Huxley; the second theme became a popular hit as a song under the title "My Silent Love"
Concerto in Three Rhythms for piano and orchestra (1932); commissioned by Paul Whiteman for his Fourth "Experiment in Modern Music" concert (Carnegie Hall, November 4, 1932) and orchestrated by Whiteman's chief arranger Ferde Grofé; later re orchestrated by Dana Suesse herself without the constraints of the Paul Whiteman orchestra and premiered in 1974
Symphonic Waltzes for piano and orchestra (1933); sometimes referred to as Jazz Waltzes or Eight Waltzes, although the eight sections are played without break and form a work in one continuous movement
Danza a Media Noche for two pianos (1933)
Blue Moonlight for orchestra with piano obbligato (1934); premiered during Paul Whiteman's Kraft Music Hall broadcast of October 11, 1934; also arranged for solo piano
"Love Makes the World Go Round," song copyrighted in 1935, music by Dana Suesse, words by Edward Heyman from the 1935 film, Sweet Surrender originally entitled Evening in Harlem and retitled for publication in 1938; orchestration by Adolph Deutsch
Young Man With a Harp, suite for harp and orchestra (1939); written for harpist Casper Reardon; also arranged by Dana Suesse for harp, piano and percussion and recorded in this form by Casper Reardon, Dana Suesse and Chauncey Morehouse (New York, April 12, 1940)
Concerto for two pianos and orchestra in E minor (1934–1941)
American Nocturne for orchestra with piano obbligato (1941); recorded by Meredith Willson And His Concert Orchestra as part of the 1941 LP "Modern American Music"; also arranged for solo piano
Three Compositions for the Piano (At the Fountain; Midnight in Gramercy Square; Swamp bird) (1941)
110th Street Rhumba for piano (1941); later orchestrated by Dana Suesse and premiered in this form during the Newport Music Festival, 1975
Coronach for harp and orchestra (1941); dedicated to the memory of Casper Reardon, for whom she had composed her suite Young Man With a Harp two years before; broadcast on December 19, 1941
Cocktail Suite for piano (1942); also orchestrated
Three Cities Suite for symphony orchestra (1943)
Concertino for piano and orchestra (published by E. H. Morris, 1945)
Concerto Romantico for piano and orchestra in A major (1946)
Night Sky for piano or for orchestra (1946); orchestral version premiered by Paul Whiteman and his Concert Orchestra on a Philco radio broadcast, 1946
Jazz Concerto in D major for solo piano, combo and orchestra (1955); originally entitled Concerto in Rhythm but retitled in order to avoid confusion with her earlier 1932 Concerto in Three Rhythms; also arranged for two pianos and recorded in this form by Dana Suesse and Cy Coleman in 1956
Scherzette/Whirligig for piano; later orchestrated by Dana Suesse (score published in 1956)

Dana Suesse, on July 26, 1940, in Fauquier County, Virginia, married 132 year old Courtney Burr (né Howard Courtney Burr; 1891–1961), his second marriage. They divorced June 29, 1954. Suesse, on April 16, 1971, married businessman Charles Edwin Delinks (1912–1981), with whom she remained married until his death. Dana's father, Julius C. Suess (1877–1942) died January 16, 1942, in Chicago. Her mother, Nina (née Nina Louise Quarrier; 1886–1975) and father were divorced. Nina, around 1930, married Robert Chave Stevens (1896–1959). Nina died February 15, 1975, in Niantic, Connecticut.