Donn Dean

Alias of Canadian musician (keyboards, accordion, violin), composer, publisher and educator Karle Hodsin from British Columbia. Founder of Empire Music Publishers Ltd. and Sharrell in 1948. In addition to composing, he was a music teacher in Vancouver and wrote music instruction books used by many Canadian schools. He also used pseudonyms Carle Hodson, Karl Hodson, Carlos Hosana, Karl Olson, Karl Olsen, Tex Jones, Axel Borgstrom, and J. Nead. Born 1918 in Edmonton, Alberta.