Andre, Fabian Joseph 8.jan.1910-30.mar.1960 USA Wisconsin, La Crosse - Mexico, Mexico City
dance orchestra leader, arranger, grew up in Green Bay Wisconsin, 1930-1932 he had already established himself as independent musician in Milwaukee, studied harmony and orchestration with Joseph Schillinger and Carl Eppert at St Joseph's College and Marquette University in Milwaukee, trumpeter and arranger for dance bands in Oklahoma, 1935-1936 arranger for Fanchon and Marco theatrical productions, 1936-1939 for Horace Heidt's Orchestra, 1939 NBC Studio's in Chicago, 1939-1940 led his own latin-american dance band in Chicago, 1940-1941 arranger for Xavier Cugat, 1946-1960 arranger, composer and leader of dance bands in Mexico City, he died from generalized visceral congestion at the Carlton Hotel in Mexico City and was buried at Panteon Americano Mexico City, his son requested to donate his legacy to charity ; son of theatre conductor/music teacher John Julius Andre (Wisconsin, Algoma 18.jun.1886-8.may.1937 Green Bay) and Regina (Wisconsin 5.mar.1887-1924 Green Bay) ; 1931 he married theatre dancer Margaret Lillian 'Peggy' Beebe (Illinois 4.jul.1912-19.dec.1996 Florida, Panama City Beach)