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Bernard Herrmann (born Maximillian Herman; June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975) was an American composer and conductor [1] best known for his work in film scoring. As a conductor, he championed the music of lesser-known composers. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest film composers. [2]
In 2008, Herman received the Kappa Kappa Psi Distinguished Service to Music Medal honoring leaders in wind studies. In 2009, Jeremy S. Martin, composer/arranger for the U.S. Air Force and TTU alumnus, composed a Suite for Band in honor of Mr. Hermann's twenty years as director of the Tech band program.
K. Bert Kaempfert; Christian Kalkbrenner; Hans Walter Kämpfel; Karl-Ernst Sasse; Günter Katzenberger; Arthur Kay (musician) Lothar Kempter; Carl Kiefert; Otto Kitzler
Hermann Scherchen (21 June 1891 – 12 June 1966) was a German conductor, who was principal conductor of the city orchestra of Winterthur from 1922 to 1950. He promoted contemporary music, beginning with Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, followed by works by Richard Strauss, Anton Webern, Alban Berg, Edgard Varèse, later Iannis Xenakis, Luigi Nono and Leon Schidlowsky.
Abendroth was born on 19 January 1883, at Frankfurt, the son of a bookseller. [1] [2] Several other members of the family were artists in diverse disciplines.After finishing his school studies at the Frankfort Gymnasium, Abendroth traveled to Munich and at the wish of his father undertook the first year of an apprenticeship as a book dealer, but he then switched to studying music at the ...
Matthew Martin (born 1976) is a choral conductor, composer, and organist. [1] He is one of the UK’s leading choral composers and is frequently commissioned to write for prominent ensembles, including the BBC Singers, the choirs of Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral, Chester Cathedral, St John’s College, Cambridge, and Magdalen College, Oxford.
Hermann Necke (8 November 1850 – 15 February 1912) [1] was a German composer, conductor, music director, pianist, and violinist of the Romantic period.He is best known for the galop Csikós Post, [2] first published in 1895 as part of Klänge aus Ungarn [Sounds from Hungary], Opus 286.
Martin became the conductor of the BBC Northern Variety Orchestra, and also worked for EMI as a record producer and arranger. [4] Whilst working as an executive and talent scout for EMI/Columbia in the early 1950s, he spotted Ruby Murray , and was the first to put her on record. [ 5 ]