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Bernard Herrmann (born Maximillian Herman; June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975) was an American composer and conductor best known for his work in composing for films. As a conductor, he championed the music of lesser-known composers. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest film composers.
Bernard Herrmann (* 29. Juni 1911 in New York City; † 24. Dezember 1975 in Los Angeles) war ein US-amerikanischer Dirigent und Komponist, der durch seine Filmkompositionen bekannt wurde. Besondere Berühmtheit erlangte Herrmann durch seine Zusammenarbeit mit Regisseur Alfred Hitchcock, für den er unter anderem die Musik zu den Filmklassikern ...
Bernard Herrmann. Music Department: North by Northwest. The man behind the low woodwinds that open Citizen Kane (1941), the shrieking violins of Psycho (1960), and the plaintive saxophone of Taxi Driver (1976) was one of the most original and distinctive composers ever to work in film.
Bernard Herrmann (born Maximillian Herman; June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975) was an American composer known for writing music for movies . He won the Academy Award for the movie The Devil and Daniel Webster made in 1941. Herrmann often worked with director Alfred Hitchcock, including Psycho, North by Northwest, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and ...
Bernard Herrmann, né le 29 juin 1911 à New York et mort le 24 décembre 1975 à Los Angeles, est un compositeur et chef d’orchestre américain. Il doit sa réputation internationale aux musiques qu'il écrivit pour les films d'Alfred Hitchcock. Il débuta à Hollywood en 1940 en composant la musique du film Citizen Kane d'Orson Welles.
Jun 25, 2024 · Bernard Herrmann (born June 29, 1911, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Dec. 24, 1975, Los Angeles, Calif.) was an American composer and conductor, widely recognized for his film scores. His music for Psycho (1960) has remained a paragon of suspense-film sound tracks.
Bernard Herrmann: the iconic film composer who formed a dream team with Alfred Hitchcock - Classical Music. Complex and irascible, Bernard Herrmann was plagued by career frustrations, but remains one of cinema’s most iconic musical voices.
Bernard Herrmann (“Benny” to his friends) was born in New York City on 29 June 1911 and his early education took place at the De Witt Clinton High School. His interest in music showed itself at an early age and he won a composition prize when he was thirteen.
Oct 19, 1999 · Bernard Herrmann’s first performance as a conductor took place on May 17, 1933, when he led the newly-formed New Chamber Orchestra (of which he was co-founder) at the New School for Social Research.
In a Hollywood studio where Bernard Herrmann had been supervising the recording of his score for Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, it had been suggested that the session be finished the following day. Herrmann insisted, however, that it be completed. That night, on Christmas Eve 1975, Herrmann died in his sleep.
