Henri de Martini

French-born American violinist, composer and musical director (born February 29, 1876 in Paris, France - died December 14, 1940 in New York, NY, USA) De Martini was concert master of "L'Opera de Paris" and conducted concerts all over Europe. In 1910, he emigrated to the United States. There he settled first in Mount Vernon, New York, later in Queens, New York, and continued to work as a musical director. De Martini's greatest hit as a composer was the waltz "Red Moon" (1923); his collaborator on that song and on two others, "Lover's Waltz" (1924) and "Under Java Skies" (1924), was Max Kortlander.