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1 day ago · John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American filmmaker, composer, and actor. Most commonly associated with horror, action, and science fiction films of the 1970s and 1980s, he is generally recognized as a master of the horror genre. [1] At the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, the French Directors' Guild gave him the Golden Coach Award ...
Apr 25, 2024 · Duke Ellington (born April 29, 1899, Washington, D.C., U.S.—died May 24, 1974, New York, N.Y.) was an American pianist who was the greatest jazz composer and bandleader of his time. One of the originators of big-band jazz, Ellington led his band for more than half a century, composed thousands of scores, and created one of the most ...
May 1, 2024 · Academy Award (1943) Academy Award (1936) Max Steiner (born May 10, 1888, Vienna, Austria—died Dec. 28, 1971, Hollywood, Calif., U.S.) was an Austrian-born U.S. composer and conductor. A prodigy, he wrote an operetta at age 14 that ran in Vienna for a year. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1914 and worked in New York City as a theatre conductor ...
Apr 29, 2024 · It was one of the director's biographical films about classical composers, which include Elgar, Delius: Song of Summer, Mahler and Lisztomania, made from an often idiosyncratic standpoint. Actors: Richard Chamberlain, Glenda Jackson, Kenneth Colley, Christopher Gable, Andrew Faulds. Released: 1970.
May 2, 2024 · 2 May 2024, 17:47. By the time Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, with its huge ‘Ode to Joy’ climax, was premiered on 7 May 1824, the composer was profoundly deaf. Ludwig van Beethoven ’s revolutionary Ninth Symphony is, without question, one of the greatest works in classical repertoire. “The Ninth is the culmination of Beethoven’s genius ...
May 4, 2024 · He occasionally adopted Anglicized pseudonyms, such as Dan Savio and Leo Nichols. In 1959, Morricone was the conductor (and uncredited co-composer) for Mario Nascimbene's score to Morte di un amico (Death of a Friend), an Italian drama directed by Franco Rossi. In the same year, he composed music for the theatre show Il lieto fine by Luciano Salce.
Apr 29, 2024 · The Duke was suffering from lung cancer by this time and he died on 24 May 1974. Unquestionably, Duke Ellington was one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. He sold records in large ...
