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Bernard Herrmann was an American male composer and film music artist. His professional career spanned from 1934 to 1975. He was born on June 29, 1911, and died on December 24, 1975. Herrmann had two children and stood 173 centimeters tall.
His musical output is categorized under genres including cinematic classical, easy listening soundtracks and musicals, and film composer. Associated tags for his work include Soundtrack, instrumental, and Classical. Among his top works are *The story and music from The three worlds of Gulliver* and *Wuthering Heights*.
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Key facts
- Born
- Maximillian Herman , ( 1911-06-29 ) June 29, 1911, New York City, U.S.
- Died
- December 24, 1975 (1975-12-24) (aged 64), Los Angeles , California, U.S.
- Resting place
- Beth David Cemetery
- Other name
- Bernard Maximillian Herrmann
- Education
- Juilliard School New York University
- Occupations
- Composer conductor
- Years active
- 1934–1975
- Known for
- Golden Age Film Composer
- Spouses
- Lucille Fletcher ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. October 2, 1939</span>"}]]}'>1939 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1948 ) Lucy Anderson ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1949 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1964 ) Norma Shepherd ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. November 27, 1967</span>"}]]}'>1967 )
- Awards
- 1941 Academy Award for, Music Score of a Dramatic Picture , The Devil and Daniel Webster a.k.a. All That Money Can Buy , 1976 BAFTA Award for, Best Film Music , Taxi Driver
- Website
- thebernardherrmannestate .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bernard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Spouse
- Lucille Fletcher
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Educated at
- DeWitt Clinton High School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Citizen Kane
- Field of work
- film score
- Official website
- thebernardherrmannestate.com
- Image
- Bernard-Herrmann.jpg
- Height
- 173
- Number of children
- 2
- Work location
- United States
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- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1911-06-29
- date of death
- 1975-12-24
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Bernard Herrmann
- name in native language
- Bernard Herrmann
- start of work period
- 1934-00-00
- place of burial
- Beth David Cemetery
- end of work period
- 1975-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films scored by Bernard Herrmann
- influenced by
- Max Steiner
- P12674
- Reinhold Bocklet
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Encyclopedic overview
Bernard Herrmann (born Maximillian Herman; June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975) 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.
As a young man, Herrmann was the chief conductor of the CBS Symphony Orchestra, which led him to become the composer for Orson Welles's radio series The Mercury Theatre on the Air. This led him to write his first film score, for Welles's directorial debut Citizen Kane (1941). That year, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Devil and Daniel Webster. He worked with Welles again on The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) and Jane Eyre (1943). He is best known for his work with Alfred Hitchcock, with whom he worked on nine films including The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) (where he makes a cameo as the conductor at Royal Albert Hall), Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960), The Birds (1963) (as "sound consultant"), and Marnie (1964).
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