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Koji Kondo (Japanese: 近藤 浩治, Hepburn: Kondō Kōji, born August 13, 1961) is a Japanese composer and senior executive at the video game company Nintendo.He is best known for his contributions for the Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda series, with his Super Mario Bros. theme being the first piece of music from a video game included in the American National Recording Registry.
This is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related roles, who died in 2022.
Orchestra America (OA) is a nonprofit organization that promotes orchestral high school music education through events and workshops. As a division of Bands of America? it merged in 2006 with the "Music for All Foundation," which also sought to provide performance opportunities and musical education opportunities for schools and communities. [1]
List of tuba players Image Name Lifetime Nationality Genre Notes Walter English: 1867–1916 American Circus: Played in various bands [2] William Bell: 1902–1971 American Classical The leading player and teacher of the early 20th century. Played in the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Sousa Band, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, NBC ...
1943: Albert Stoessel was conducting an orchestra for the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York, when he died of a heart attack on 12 May 1943. 1944: Aroldo Lindi, a 55-year-old Swedish tenor, died during a performance of Pagliacci in San Francisco after finishing the aria "Vesti la giubba". [11]
Flory was born in Logansport, Indiana, United States. [2] His mother was an organist and encouraged him to learn clarinet as a child. During World War II, he was an Army Air Force pilot, and after the war he received his college degree in philosophy from Indiana University.
Guaraldi in 1946. Vince Guaraldi was born in San Francisco’s North Beach, a neighborhood that later played a crucial role in his musical development. [2] [3]His surname changed to "Guaraldi" after his mother, Carmella (née Marcellino), divorced his biological father, Dellaglio, and remarried Tony Guaraldi, who adopted him.
Contino was born in Fresno, California.He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Contino, and he attended Fresno High School. [1] [2] He studied accordion primarily with San Francisco-based Angelo Cognazzo, and occasionally with Los Angeles-based Guido Deiro.