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It sits within the topics 1901 births, 1981 deaths and 20th-century American classical composers.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Arranging and composing film music
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Film & TV
San Francisco, California, USA
Hugo Wilhelm Friedhofer (May 3, 1901 – May 17, 1981) was an American composer and cellist best known for his motion picture scores. Friedhofer was born in San Francisco, California, United States. His father, Paul, was a cellist trained in Dresden, Germany; his mother, Eva König, was born in Germany. Friedhofer began playing cello at the age of 13. After taking lessons in harmony and…
Known for
- Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music — Self (archive footage)2019
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Hugo Wilhelm Friedhofer (May 3, 1901 - May 17, 1981) was a German-American film music composer born in San Francisco[1]. Born into a musical family, Friedhofer began playing cello at the age of 13. After taking lessons in harmony and counterpoint at University of California, Berkeley, he was employed as a cellist for the People's Symphony Orchestra. In 1929, he relocated to Hollywood, where he performed as a musician for Fox Studios productions such as Sunny Side Up (1920) and Grand Canary (193
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hugo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Francisco
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- pianist
- Educated at
- University of California, Berkeley
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- date of birth
- 1901-05-03
- date of death
- 1981-05-17
- student
- Paul Glass
- related category
- Category:Films scored by Hugo Friedhofer
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