Werner Janssen

The family lived in Great Neck on King's Point Road next door to musician George M. Cohan.

It was Cohan who encouraged young Werner to continue to play piano and explore his passion for music.

"[3] August strongly encouraged Werner to enter the family business, opposing the son's desire for a musical career.

After Werner completed secondary school (graduating from Phillips Exeter Academy) he had to support his own musical education at Dartmouth College.

This helped finance his conducting studies with Felix Weingartner in Basel, Switzerland (1920–21) and with Hermann Scherchen in Strasbourg, France (1921–25).

He also took conducting engagements throughout Europe (including Berlin, Budapest, Copenhagen, Riga, Stockholm, and Turin).

[This quote needs a citation] After a second concert, he received the Order of the White Rose on March 8, 1936, from the government of Finland for his contribution to Finnish music.

[citation needed] While Janssen filled roles as guest conductor, he was also contracted to write film music.

In 1939, he resigned his position with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra to work with film producer Walter Wanger.

He composed several other film scores including Blockade (1938), Winter Carnival (1939), Eternally Yours (1939), Slightly Honorable (1940), The House Across the Bay (1940), Guest in the House (1944), The Southerner (1945), Captain Kidd (1945), A Night in Casablanca (1946), Ruthless (1948), and Uncle Vanya (1957), starring and co-directed by Franchot Tone.

Shilkret,[5] described Arthur Judson as being the leading person for choosing symphony conductors, and he quotes Crawford[6] as quoting Hart:[7] "All agree that from 1915 to 1956, at least, Arthur Judson exercised a power and influence in the symphony and concert affairs of this country without equal then or at any other time."