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	Henry Mancini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994), was a noted American composer and arranger.
		He is remembered particularly for being a composer of film and television scores, and won a record number of Grammy awards (including a "Lifetime Achievement" award in 1995).
		Although much of Mancini's work can be classified as easy listening, he was capable of writing powerful and rousing scores such as that for Lifeforce.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_Mancini (374 words)

	HENRY MANCINI, PENNSYLVANIA BIOGRAPHIES
		Henry Mancini may be remembered as one of the great musical geniuses.
		Mancini did this, and soon was accepted to the prestigious Julliard School of Music as well playing in several bands, but the war would cut his plans short.
		Mancini started out writing for radio, then worked writing some music for films (mostly for Universal Studios) for several years, winning an Academy Award in 1954 for his work on "The Glenn MIller Story." He began changing film music by adding an element of jazz to the traditional orchestral music that was then used.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/4547/mancini.html (600 words)

	Henry Mancini
		Mancini was raised in the mill town of West Aliquippa, Pennsylvania.
		A former editor at Universal, Blake Edwards, remembered Mancini's work on this film and asked him to write music for a television series he was now directing: "Peter Gunn." Since he was working on a small budget, Edwards asked Mancini to write for a jazz ensemble of 11 players.
		Mancini's music--particularly the pounding, menacing theme--proved almost as popular as the series, and RCA rushed out an album featuring the title song and other pieces.
	www.spaceagepop.com /mancini.htm (1544 words)

	The Henry Mancini Institute
		Mancini recorded over 90 albums which styles varying from big band to jazz to classical to pops, eight of which were certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.
		Mancini, Ginny O'Conner, who was one of the original members of Mel Torme's "Mel-tones." They were married in Hollywood in 1947.
		Mancini received four honorary doctorate degrees: an Honorary Doctor of Music from Duquesne University in Pennsylvania, an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Mount Saint Mary's College in Maryland, an Honorary Doctor of Humanities from Washington and Jefferson College in Pennsylvania and an Honorary Doctorate from the California Institute for the Arts in Valencia.
	www.manciniinstitute.org /mancini.cfm (686 words)

	POSTAL SERVICE ORCHESTRATES HENRY MANCINI'S ENCORE TO THE TUNE OF 80 MILLION STAMPS
		Mancini, who also was a popular pianist and concert conductor, left a legacy of memorable TV themes, hit songs and unforgettable film scores, such as "Peter Gunn," "Moon River" and "The Pink Panther." He won many awards, including 20 Grammys and four Oscars.
		Henry Mancini was born in 1924 in Cleveland, Ohio, and named Enrico by his Italian immigrant parents.
		Henry learned to play the piccolo from his father, took formal flute and piano lessons, and began writing music arrangements on his own.
	www.usps.com /communications/news/stamps/2004/sr04_023.htm (974 words)

	Henry Mancini
		American composer Henry Mancini was introduced to music by his Italian immigrant father, who tutored young Mancini on piano and flute.
		Lucky, Mancini was so proud and protective of his work that he had a clause in his contract prohibiting the networks from running spoken "plugs" for upcoming programs over the closing-credit music.
		Mancini went on to win Oscars for his contributions to the Blake Edwards-directed films Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), for which he wrote "Moon River"; Days of Wine and Roses (1962); and Victor/Victoria (1982).
	www.djangomusic.com /actor_bio.asp?pid=P100975 (242 words)

	Henry Mancini - composer for film, TV and song
		Mancini scored the music for numerous films from the 50s until the early 90s.
		Mancini's musical background was in jazz bands, and before his work in films he spent a few years writing for TV series such as "Peter Gunn" and "Mr.
		This was intentional since Mancini (unlike most film composers) usually negotiated to retain the rights to his music in order to re-release it on albums.
	www.mfiles.co.uk /composers/Henry-Mancini.htm (891 words)

	The Jetsetting Henry Mancini (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Henry Mancini was the quintessential swinger with his dapper clothes, his perfect style, his suave manner, and his swinging songs.
		Henry Mancini's Italian immigrant father was a sometime musician himself who introduced Henry to music and pushed him to follow what was so obviously his calling.
		Henry, more a lover than a fighter, managed to land an audition with the country's musical commander in chief, Glenn Miller and spent the rest of the war playing in an Air Force band.
	members.tripod.com /~MrSuave/mancini.html (675 words)

	St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Henry Mancini
		Mancini's main-title theme pioneered the use of jazz music in TV background music and became a hit single from one of the best-selling LP's of all time.
		Mancini was born in Cleveland, Ohio,; on April 16, 1924,; but grew up in West Aliquippa, Pennsylvania.
		With his Beneke background, Mancini was a natural to assist Gershenson on 1953's The Glenn Miller Story, and their joint work was nominated for an Academy Award the first of eighteen for Mancini.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419200780 (899 words)

	CMT.com : Henry Mancini : Biography
		Mancini enrolled in the Julliard School of Music in 1942, but his studies were cut short when he served in the military during World War II.
		Mancini's heyday was the early '60s, when his score for Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) yielded the Oscar-winning hit single "Moon River," which instantly became a pop standard.
		What kept Mancini's work fresh was his ability to write in almost any style imaginable and his successful experimentations with unusual sounds and instruments.
	www.cmt.com /artists/az/mancini_henry/bio.jhtml (586 words)

	Amazon.com: Breakfast At Tiffany's: Music From The Motion Picture Score: Music: Henry Mancini (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Henry Mancini's soundtrack is very timely for the period in which it was released.
		Mancini wanted his music to be conspicuous; he was at the forefront of shifting the aesthetic of motion picture music in Hollywood toward this concept.
		Mancini's impact in demonstrating that the times were truly changing for Hollywood movie music was evidenced when "Breakfast at Tiffany's" lapped up the film industry's approval by winning the Academy Award for best original score.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002W3F?v=glance (1169 words)

	Biography of Henry Mancini - A Mancini Anthology
		Henry Mancini was brought up in West Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, where he played the flute in a local band as a youth before sending some arrangements to Benny Goodman, who offered him a job.
		Mancini wrote music for clubs and radio shows, including work for Bob Crosby, Buddy Rich, and David Rose.
		His thrilling theme was a huge success and it was the first time that jazz was used for a TV show.
	www.soundtrackfan.com /mancini/bio.htm (456 words)

	Henry Mancini News
		The hit songs of composer Henry Mancini have been recorded by many, but in local pops concerts his notes will be given voice by his daughter Monica.
		This month, composer Henry Mancini will be honored on a U.S. postage stamp to celebrate his 40-year career of writing music for the movies.
		Henry Mancini's heirs aren't entitled to foreign tax credits from music from the 1961 movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's," New York's highest court said in a ruling Tuesday.
	www.topix.net /who/henry-mancini (417 words)

	Henry Mancini (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The first stamp unveiling was held on August 16, 2003 at the “Mancini Musicale,” the annual closing concert and annual fundraiser for the Henry Mancini Institute.
		MANCINI AT THE MOVIES was a 60-city concert tour starring Monica Mancini that began on January 9, 2004 and ended at Carnegie Hall on March 26.
		ULTIMATE MANCINI was produced by Gregg Field for Concord Records, and featured Monica Mancini singing many of her father’s songs, along with instrumental recordings of “The Pink Panther,” “Peter Gunn,” and many others.
	www.henrymancini.com /release.html (648 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Music, Styles, Soundtracks, Composers, Mancini, Henry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Henry Mancini was one of the best American soundtrack composers of the 1950s and '60s (and in fact did solid work up until the end of his career).
		Singer Monica Mancini's tribute to her father Henry's music is well-crafted, apparently good-intentioned, and thoroughly unexciting in its tastefulness.
		Mancini's own daughter Monica Mancini sings on this release, and her deep voice single-handedly propels the orchestra on several of these cuts.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/601782 (545 words)

	HENRY MANCINI STAMP TO BE ISSUED APRIL 13 IN LOS ANGELES
		Scheduled to join Potter are Henry Mancini's wife, Ginny; his daughter Monica; Chairman of the U.S. Postal Service's Board of Governors S. David Fineman, and former U.S. Senator John Glenn (D-Ohio).
		The Henry Mancini stamp will be available at the event and at Los Angeles Post Offices April 13, and available at Post Offices and Philatelic Centers nationwide April 14.
		From the 1950s to the early 1990s, Henry Mancini wrote complete scores for more than 70 films, many of which showed how expressive the jazz form could be.
	www.usps.com /communications/news/stamps/2004/sr04_018.htm (1292 words)

	Henry Mancini
		Henry Mancini was probably the most popular film composer of his time.
		Mancini's father taught him the flute and piccolo, but it was his studies with Max Adkins, a Pittsburgh concertmaster and jazz fan (and teacher of Billy Strayhorn and Jerry Fielding), that played a major role in Mancini's development as a musician.
		Mancini's music was as successful as the series and the album, Music from "Peter Gunn", reached #1 on Billboard's chart, stayed there for ten weeks, and stayed on the chart for the next two years.
	www.settling-the-score.com /mancini.html (1122 words)

	FMS: Feature [A Tribute To Henry Mancini]
		The two-hour concert that night at Disney Hall was entitled "A Tribute to Henry Mancini." It was a benefit for the Henry Mancini Institute, which has become something of a summertime Mecca for talented young instrumentalists seeking to broaden their classical training to include jazz and more popular forms.
		Mancini and Edwards did more than two dozen films together and the director (who is Andrews' husband) made a rare public appearance at the event.
		Mancini's television work was generously acknowledged, too, as conductor Quincy Jones brought down the house with a rocking version of Peter Gunn (with Tom Scott on alto sax and bassist Abraham Laboriel dancing around the stage); Joey DeFrancesco soloed on Hammond B-3 organ in Mr.
	www.filmmusicsociety.org /news_events/features/2004/041604.html (772 words)

	Biography for Henry Mancini (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mancini collaborated extensively with Blake Edwards - firstly on TV's "Peter Gunn", then on Breakfast at Tiffany which won him two Oscars; he won further Oscars for the titles song for Days Of Wine and Roses and the score for Victor/Victoria; he will be best remembered for the theme tune for The Pink Panther.
		To Mancini's astonishment, it became an international hit as "Baby Elephant Walk";, and was re-recorded by a large number of artists and in many styles.
		Astoundingly prolific composer whose music was heard in scores of films and TV shows, Mancini enjoyed great popularity as a conductorarranger/songwriter while maintaining an equally high profile behind the scenes in the movie world.
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0000049/bio (797 words)

	The Ultimate Pink Panther - Henry Mancini
		In addition to these recurring characters, the one constant throughout the series was the Pink Panther theme and other music by Henry Mancini.
		Mancini created a fantastic main theme and many other tracks for these films with his characteristic Jazz sound, ranging from the laid-back and dreamy through to lively songs and instrumentals suggesting the European countries visited by Clouseau on his investigations.
		Mancini is a master at this type of music, with good humour seemingly oozing effortlessly from his pen.
	www.mfiles.co.uk /reviews/henry-mancini-the-ultimate-pink-panther.htm (522 words)

	Variety.com - Reviews - Henry Mancini, Los Angeles Philharmonic
		For Mancini and his pink friend, the concert marked a simultaneous 30th anniversary, since the original "Pink Panther" (with Peter Sellers as the bumbling Inspector Clouseau) was released in 1963, which Mancini said was the first year he conducted at the Hollywood Bowl.
		Mancini kept up an easygoing repartee with his audience and spoke eloquently about his work with Hepburn.
		While the evening's jazzier elements were handled with gusto by Mancini's hand-picked sidemen, the orchestra seemed content to set the controls on auto pilot and let the music pretty much play itself.
	www.variety.com /review/VE1117901062?categoryid=33&cs=1 (412 words)

	Amazon.com: Ultimate Mancini: Music: Henry Mancini,Monica Mancini (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Henry Mancini has had an undeniably marked influence on popular music and his music helped define the culture of the sixties and seventies.
		Monica Mancini performs on some of the tracks and her vocals are excellent.
		The songs of Hanry Mancini are indelibly etched in our minds- there isn't a lot to say about the tunes themselves.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001HAIFO?v=glance (1032 words)

	Songwriters Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		omposer Henry Mancini was born in Cleveland, Ohio on April 16, 1924.
		Returning to the States in 1945, Mancini worked as the pianist and arranger for the Tex Beneke orchestra and then as the staff composer for Universal film studios from 1951 through 1957.
		Mancini also wrote the background scores for the television shows Peter Gunn (winning the Grammy award for best score in 1958) and Mr.
	www.songwritershalloffame.org /exhibit_bio.asp?exhibitId=300 (190 words)

	Naxos.com, Your World of Classical Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Henry Mancini (Enrico Nicola Mancini) was born on 16 April 1924 in Cleveland, Ohio, but he grew up in Pennsylvania.
		Mancini went on to receive eighteen Academy Award nominations, winning two Oscars for Breakfast at Tiffany’s, one for The Days of Wine and Roses, and one for Victor/Victoria.
		After a long battle with Cancer, Henry Mancini passed away in Beverly Hills, CA on 14 June 1994.
	www.naxos.com /mainsite?pn=Composers&char=M&ComposerID=2052 (463 words)

	Henry Mancini - Pink Panther Theme - Free Sheet Music Riff
		Henry Mancini: The Pink Panther (Alto Saxophone/Piano) Composed by Henry Mancini, arranged by Arthur Frackenpohl.
		Henry Mancini: The New Henry Mancini Songbook Composed by Henry Mancini.
		Henry Mancini: Moon River - Piano Solo Composed by Henry Mancini.
	www.8notes.com /school/riffs/saxophone/pink_panther.asp (296 words)

	Henry Mancini
		Burt Bacharach to Receive Henry Mancini Institute's Top Honor from Presenter Phil Ramone at the 2004 Mancini Musicale Featuring Tom Scott and Many Special Guests; Annual Gala is Culmination of Henry Mancini Institute's Summer Education Program and Free Summer Music Festival - Saturday August 14th at UCLA's Royce Hall.
		Henry Mancini Institute Announces its Free Summer Music Festival Lineup, Featuring the Finest Eclectic Mix of Jazz, Symphonic Orchestra and More; LA's Only Free Citywide Music Festival Boasts the Brightest Musicians and Composers From Around the Globe, Alongside Luminaries Doc Severinsen, Christian McBride, Lee Holdridge, Kenny Werner and More.
		Henry Mancini Stamp to be Issued April 13 in Los Angeles.
	www.infoplease.com /ipea/A0760968.html (395 words)

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