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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.
Walking the Woods 1927 Mockery William Shakespeare 1927 The Jolly Shepherd 1928 Queen Anne 1928 Passing by 1928 The Passionate Shepherd Christopher Marlowe: Seven Songs of Summer No. 1 1928 The Contented Lover trans J. Mabbe Seven Songs of Summer No. 2 1928 Youth Robert Wever Seven Songs of Summer No. 3 1928 The Sweet o' the Year William ...
In this list of Erik Satie's musical compositions, those series or sets comprising several pieces (e.g., Gnossienne 1, Gnossienne 2, etc.) with nothing but tempo indications to distinguish the movements by name, are generally given with the number of individual pieces simply stated in square brackets.
Howard David Blake OBE FRAM (born 28 October 1938) is an English composer, conductor, and pianist whose career has spanned more than 50 years and produced more than 650 works. [1] Blake's most successful work is his soundtrack for Channel 4’s 1982 film The Snowman, which includes the song "Walking in the Air". He is increasingly recognised ...
Frederick Shepherd Converse (1871-1940): His Life and Music. Composers of North America, Issue 14. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810828438. Kennedy, Michael (2006), The Oxford Dictionary of Music, 985 pages, ISBN 0-19-861459-4 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Homans, James E., ed. (1918).
Steiner felt knowing when to start and stop was the hardest part of proper scoring, since incorrect placement of music can speed up a scene meant to be slow and vice versa: "Knowing the difference is what makes a film composer." [4] He also notes that many composers, contrary to his own technique, would fail to subordinate the music to the film:
This is a list of composers by name, alphabetically sorted by surname, then by other names.The list of composers is by no means complete. It is not limited by classifications such as genre or time period; however, it includes only music composers of significant fame, notability or importance who also have current Wikipedia articles.
Johannes Brahms (/ b r ɑː m z /; German: [joˈhanəs ˈbʁaːms] ⓘ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, often set within studied yet expressive contrapuntal textures.