Vic Schoen; Musical Director for Andrews Sisters

Vic Schoen, 83, a musician, composer and arranger who was the longtime musical director for the Andrews Sisters. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Schoen played trumpet at local nightclubs while still in high school, and music became his life. He arranged and composed for some of the most popular musicians of the era before rock ‘n’ roll, among them Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, Harry James, the Weavers and Dinah Shore. He wrote and arranged for movies, including “The Road to Morocco” and “The Road to Rio” starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, “The Court Jester” with Danny Kaye and Disney’s “Little Toot.” He also played on Maurice Chevalier’s first American tour. In the late 1950s, Schoen was musical director of “The Big Record,” a variety show on CBS that Patti Page hosted. On Wednesday of pneumonia in Corona del Mar.