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Herbert Pope Stothart (September 11, 1885 – February 1, 1949) was an American songwriter, arranger, conductor, and composer. He was nominated for twelve Academy Awards and won Best Original Score for The Wizard of Oz. Stothart was widely acknowledged as a prominent member of the top tier of Hollywood composers during the 1930s and 1940s.
Herbert Stothart (1885-1949) was a composer and musical director for Broadway and Hollywood. He won an Oscar for The Wizard of Oz (1939) and worked on many other classic films, such as Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and The Good Earth (1937).
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Oct 22, 2005 · Herbert Stothart II was the son of the composer of The Wizard of Oz and a professor of art history. He died in 2005 and is survived by his four daughters and his sister.
May 5, 2010 · It won Stothart his only Oscar. This is only a clip of his Oscar-nominated score to WATERLOO BRIDGE (1940), containing the opening titles music and first incidental music cue of the film's score...
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Learn about the history and music of the 1939 film Northwest Passage, based on Kenneth Roberts's novel about Major Robert Rogers and his rangers. Herbert Stothart composed the score, which was praised by critics and influenced by Americana and patriotic themes.
Many brilliant arrangers and orchestrators at MGM worked on The Wizard of Oz, principally Herbert Stothart (who composed much of the underscoring around the songs by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg).
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