Biography:

Hans von Holstein, better known as Monte Carlo (14 July 1883 — 9 June 1967), was a Danish-born American Broadway composer and author.^[1]

Life

Von Holstein was born in Skamlingsbanken,^[1] Gravenstein,^[2] Denmark, on 14 July 1883.^[2]

He came to the U.S. in 1906 to avoid studying medicine.^[1] He changed his name to Hans Carlo, and soon began using Monte Carlo as his name. He became a naturalized US citizen in 1914. He received pre-medical training in Chicago, with songwriting as chief avocation. He started writing music with Alma Sanders, whom he met at Jerome H. Remick‘s music publishing firm.^[1] She eventually became his wife.^[3] They collaborated on a number of shows and a large number of songs.^[2] He joined the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in 1923.^[4]

In 1930, he was living with his wife at 10 Williams Avenue in Mount Vernon, New York.^[5] In 1942, he was living at 145 West 55th Street, New York.^[6]

After the death of his wife in 1956, he moved to Houston, Texas.^[7] There he became vice-president of Carsen Music Publishing, founded by his step-son, Edward C. Benjamin Sr.^[4] He died in Houston on June 9, 1967.^[4][8]

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