Frank Hoyt Losey (b. March 18, 1870 Rochester; d.
3 May 1931 Erie, Pennsylvania) was a musician,
composer, and arranger of band and orchestra
music. He is credited with over 400 compositions
and 2,500 arrangements including his most
recognized composition, Gloria March.
Losey was born in Rochester, New York and raised
in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania. While it has been
commonly cited that he was born in 1872 or 1875,
his presence as an infant in the 1870 Census shows
these references to be incorrect, as well as his r />
correct age of 61 on his death certificate. Frank
studied music at an early age, learning to play
cornet, violin, and piano. Losey was a cornetist
for local and regional bands until he suffered
from lip paralysis which forced him to switch to
trombone and euphonium and limited him to smaller
theater performances.
Starting in 1902, Losey composed and arranged
music for Carl Fischer and became editor-in-chief
of the Vandersloot Music Publishing Company. In
1919, Thomas Edison selected Losey to be the music
adviser for Edison's phonograph company. He was
also approached by Henry Ford to arrange music for
the Ford Orchestra in Detroit. Losey died in Erie,
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