Claude Thornhill (August 10, 1909 – July 1, 1965) was an American pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. He composed the jazz and pop standards "Snowfall" and "I Wish I Had You". 　　As a youth, he was recognized as an extraordinary talent and formed a traveling duo with Danny Polo , a musical prodigy on the clarinet and trumpet from nearby Clinton , Indiana. As a student at Garfield High School in Terre Haute, he played with several theater bands. Thornhill entered the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music at the age of 16. 　　That same year he and clarinetist Artie Shaw started their careers at the Golden Pheasant in Cleveland, Ohio, with the Austin Wiley Orchestra. Thornhill and Shaw went to New York together in 1931. Thornhill went to the West Coast in the late 1930s with the Bob Hope Radio Show and arranged for Judy Garland in Babes in Arms . In 1935, he played on sessions with Glenn Miller , including " Solo Hop ", which was released on Columbia Records . He also played with Paul Whiteman , Benny Goodman , Ray Noble , and Billie Holiday . He arranged " Loch Lomond " and " Annie Laurie " for Maxine Sullivan .