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1909

Born Kansas City, MO

Began performing in Vaudville shows at age 5

1914

1926

Moved to NYC with mother

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First copyrighted song,
"I Want the Whold World for You."

1927

1931

Wrote and copyrighted "This Changing World", "Gone with the Dawn" and "Whistling in the Dark"

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Wrote music for the Casa Mañana Revue in Fort Worth, Texas- on the largest stage in the world.

1936

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1937

Casa Mañana Great Lakes Exposition in Cleveland, Ohio.

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1929

Nat Shrillick published "Syncopated Love Song" for a cut and brought it to a wider audience. 

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Wrote "This Changing World", "Gone with the Dawn" and "Ho-Hum"

1931

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Paul Whiteman presented Dana's "Concerto in Three Rhythms" at Carnegie Hall

1934

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1935

Contributed songs to Earl Carroll Vanities

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1934

Wrote "You Oughta Be in Pictures" with Edward Heyman and "Moon About Town" for Zeigfeld Follies 

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Wrote "He's the Man I Adore" for Broadway show, The Red Cat.

1934

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Performed at the White House. 

1937

1939

Casa Mañana at the New York World's Fair. 

Performed at the White House again. 

1940

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1943

Composed "Three Cities" Suite for Symphony Orchestra dedicated to Warsaw, Vienna and Paris, the three capitals that that had fallen to nazi occupation.

Paul Whitman premiered her piece "Night Sky" on Philco Radio Broadcast.

1946

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1947

Wrote musical It Takes Two with Virgina Faulkner. Later sold movie rights to RKO. 

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Following the sale of It Takes Two, Suesse moved to Europe to study with Nadia Boulanger for three years

1947

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1952

Wrote incidental music to the play The Seven Year Itch.

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Wrote music for the play Josephine.

1953

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1955

Suesse's composition "Concerto Romantico was premiered by the Symphony of the Air (formerly NBC Symphony) at Cooper Union.

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Plays for the dedication of George Gershwin Junior High in Brooklyn, New York.

1957

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1959

Composed music for the play Come Play with Me.

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Concert retrospective at Carnegie Hall. Four months later, several of her compositions were performed at Newport Music Festival. 

1974

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1987

October 16th, 1987, Dana Suesse passed away. 

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