Karl Olson (3)

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. Sometimes spelled as Karl Olsen, he also used pseudonyms Carle Hodson, Karl Hodson, Carlos Hosana, Donn Dean, Tex Jones, Axel Borgstrom, and J. Nead. Born 1918 in Edmonton, Alberta.