Harold Fraser-Simson
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Harold Fraser-Simson was an English composer of light music, including songs and the scores to musical comedies. His most famous musical was the World War I hit The Maid of the Mountains, and he later
José Collins in The Maid of the Mountains
Sheet music from the Australian production
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A. A. Milne
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Alan Alexander Milne was an English writer best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh, as well as children's poetry. Milne was primarily a playwright before the huge success of Winn
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…His most famous musical was the World War I hit The Maid of the Mountains, and he later set numerous children's poems to music, especially those of A. A. Milne. Fraser-Simson was born on 15 August 1872 in London, the second child and eldest son of an East Indies merchant, Arthur Theodore Simson and his wife…
Milne in 1922
Plaque commemorating Milne's birthplace in Kilburn, London
In 1921, Milne bought the 18-inch Alpha Farnell teddy bear for his son (who would name it Edward, then Winnie) from Harrods department store (pictured) in London.
Milne in 1922