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Bernard Herrmann
1911 – 1975
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryBernard Herrmann was an American composer and conductor best known for his work in film scoring. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest film composers of all time. Alex Ross writes that "Over four decades, he revolutionized movie scoring by abandoning the illustrative musical techniques that dominated Hollywood in the 1930s and imposing his own peculiar harmonic and rhythmic vocabulary." As a conductor, he championed the music of lesser-known composers.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
June 29, 1911
New York City
Date of death
December 24, 1975
Los Angeles
Citizenship
United States
Occupations & fields
composerconductorfilm score composer
Awards & honours
Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic ScoreGrammy AwardsArts and Letters Award in Music
Notable works
VertigoPsychoCitizen KaneThe Day the Earth Stood StillTaxi DriverWuthering Heights
- Field and occupation
- americký hudební skladatel
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