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Bernard Herrmann(born Maximillian Herman; June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975) was an American composerand conductor[1]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.[2]
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. Herrmann was born into a family of Russian immigrants.
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May 18, 2018 · Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975) is perhaps the greatest composer of motion picture music in the twentieth century. He is best remembered for his dark, suspenseful, innovative musical scores, written for such celebrated film directors as Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, Francois Truffaut, and Martin Scorsese. Herrmann composed some 50 original film ...
Complex and irascible, Bernard Herrmann was plagued by career frustrations, but remains one of cinema’s most iconic musical voices
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.
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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.
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Oct 19, 1999 · Bernard Herrmann, Christopher Palmer and others, 29 June 2013. Although Byron has been dead for 150 years he still exerts as vibrant and forceful an influence on the creative mind as ever he did -- BERNARD HERRMANN Bernard Herrmann held his last public performance on April 21st 1974, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. Concert.
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