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Harold Laurence Walters (September 29, 1918 in Gurdon, Arkansas — October 22, 1984 in Hollywood, Florida) was an American composer. He also used the pseudonym Fred L. Frank.
He began playing cornet at the age of eight and began taking music lessons. During his five years with the US Navy Band as a tuba player and arranger, he completed his undergraduate studies at the College Conservatory of Music (CCM) of the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio, under Nadia Boulanger among others. He also studied at the American University in Washington, D.C. and at the Washington College of Music, where he received his doctorate in 1943.
He later worked as a conductor and composer in Washington and New York City for theaters, film and various orchestras, including the well-known orchestra of Sigmund Romberg. After 1947 he was associated with the music publisher Rubank, Inc. as a composer, arranger, and editor.
His oeuvre includes around 1,500 compositions and arrangements as well as instrumental methods. He was versatile and composed in many musical styles.
He has conducted wind bands and orchestras all over the world. When you asked him what kind of groups they were, he would answer: "[T]he smallest was a 9-piece circus band and the largest was the 12,800-piece massed band at the University of Michigan."