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Morris Stoloff (left) with Vincent Price at the 30th Academy Awards (1958) Morris W. Stoloff (August 1, 1898 – April 16, 1980) was a musical composer. Stoloff worked with Sammy Davis Jr., Dinah Shore, Al Jolson and Frank Sinatra. [1]
March 8, 1956 [1] Label. Decca 29888. Songwriter (s) Moonglow: Will Hudson, Irving Mills and Eddie DeLange. Theme from Picnic: George Duning. " Moonglow and Theme from Picnic " is a 1956 -released medley of both "Moonglow" (1933) and " Theme from Picnic " (1955), by Morris Stoloff. It is from the film Picnic, starring William Holden and Kim Novak .
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Ignoring the seldom recorded verse, "Moonglow" is a 32-bar tune in the form of AABA. "Moonglow" appears in jazz fake booksand lead sheets in the key of G, though it is also thought to originally be in the key of C. The melodic riff of the A section is composed of a repeated minor third interval followed by a major third interval and then a repeated...
"Moonglow" was first recorded by Joe Venuti in 1933, with subsequent recordings by Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Benny Goodman, Ethel Waters, and Art Tatum in 1934. The tune has since become a jazz standard, performed and recorded numerous times by a wide array of musical talents. The Benny Goodman Quartet with Teddy Wilson, Gene Krupa and Lionel H...
In the 1950s a medley of the song and George Duning's "Theme from Picnic", orchestrated by Johnny Warrington (1911–1978), became quite popular, especially in an instrumental recording by Morris Stoloff, conductor of the film version by the Columbia Pictures Orchestra. Duning wrote the film's theme to counterpoint "Moonglow". Stoloff's recording spe...
Morris Stoloff. Profile: American violinist and composer, 1 August 1898 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 16 April 1980, he worked as a music director at Columbia ...
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Stoloff worked with Sammy Davis Jr., Dinah Shore, Al Jolson and Frank Sinatra. Show Less... Continue reading at Wikipedia... Birth and Death Data: Born August 1, 1898 ( Philadelphia ), Died April 16, 1980 ( Woodland Hills) Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1956 - 1962. Roles Represented in DAHR: conductor, leader, songwriter.
Morris Stoloff was born on 1 August 1898 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for From Here to Eternity (1953), In a Lonely Place (1950) and Gilda (1946). He died on 16 April 1980 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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