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  Herbert Stothart - Plagiarism on Wikipedia
Herbert Stothart (11 September 1885 - 1 February 1949) was a composer, born of Scottish and Bavarian descent in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
In 1929 Stothart was signed to a Hollywood contract by Louis B. Mayer.
Stothart was nominated for a number of Oscars, winning for The Wizard Of Oz, for which he wrote and arranged the incidental music, much of which was based on Harburg and Arlen's songs for the film.
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 Songwriters Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
omposer Herbert Stothart was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on September 11, 1885.
Stothart moved to Hollywood in 1929 under contract with MGM studios where he conducted and wrote songs and scores for the film musicals The Cuban Love Song, The Good Earth, Romeo and Juliet, Mutiny on the Bounty, Mrs.
Herbert Stothart died in Los Angeles, California on February 1, 1949.
www.songwritershalloffame.org /notable_bio.asp?notableWriterId=42   (163 words)

  
 Herbert Stothart
Herbert Stothart studied at the University of Wisconsin to become a history teacher, paying his way by working as a theatre usher, and later becoming a faculty member there.
Stothart headed to Hollywood in 1929 and landed at MGM in 1930 to score The Rogue Song.
Stothart's scores are marked by the smooth sheen of his string writing.
www.settling-the-score.com /stothart.html   (229 words)

  
 Stothart
Herbert Stothart was born of Scottish and Bavarian descent in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on September 11, 1885, studying music in Europe and at The University of Wisconsin, where he also taught.
This successful collaboration led to Stothart's teaming with Vincent Youmans, Otto Harbach, Rudolph Friml, George Gershwin, and Franz Lehar, and in 1929 Stothart was signed to a Hollywood contract by Louis B. Mayer.
Stothart was nominated for a number of Oscars, winning for The Wizard Of Oz.
www.mmmrecordings.com /Composers/Stothart/stothart.html   (228 words)

  
  Herbert Stothart
American film composer Herbert Stothart cultivated a love for music while singing in an Episcopal Church Choir in his native Milwaukee.
Never completely recovering from this loss, Stothart nonetheless threw himself back into his Broadway work, collaborating with George Gershwin (Song of the Flame) and Kalmar and Ruby (Good Boy, which included the hit "I Wanna Be Loved By You").
After a 1947 visit to his ancestral Scotland, Stothart suffered a heart attack; while recovering, he wrote a symphonic poem based on his ordeal.
www.djangomusic.com /actor_bio.asp?pid=P112862   (423 words)

  
 Screen Archives
FSM presents a doubleheader from one of the most distinguished Golden Age composers who is, almost unbelievably, scarcely represented on CD: Herbert Stothart (1885-1949).
Stothart -- who often interpolated source material by other composers -- based his score around a concert work by British composer Frederick Delius, Appalachia: Variations on an Old Slave Song, inspired by Delius's stay in Florida.
Herbert Stothart was one of the titans of film scoring in the 1930s and '40s, who had an aptitude for subtlety and atmosphere that looked ahead to the future, even as his orchestral colors came to represent the romantic sound of Golden Age Hollywood.
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 FMS: Feature [Herbert Stothart Jr. Remembered]
With great sorrow, we announce the passing of our friend, Herbert Stothart Jr., only son of the pioneer film and stage composer Herbert Stothart (1885–1949), who died of complications from a stroke on October 6.
Determined to uphold his father's musical legacy, he and his sisters maintained many of Stothart's music manuscripts and personal papers at a time when other composers' families were disposing of such materials.
As a result of their concerted efforts, the Herbert Stothart Collection is presently being catalogued for UCLA Music Special Collections.
www.filmmusicsociety.org /news_events/features/2005/100705.html?IsArchive=100705   (227 words)

  
 Herbert Stothart - Films as Composer or Supervisor:, Other Films:
It is further marked by the fact that it was Stothart who scored most of the MGM films derived from classic literature, such as Treasure Island, The Barretts of Wimpole Street, David Copperfield, Anna Karenina, A Tale of Two Cities, Camille, and Romeo and Juliet, in addition to the music direction of the studio's operettas.
Stothart's first contact with music was as a choirboy, and during his school years he developed a strong interest in composing and conducting.
With the coming of sound on film in 1929, he was invited to MGM by Louis B. Mayer and from then until his death from cancer in 1949 Stothart worked constantly as an arranger, conductor, and composer on a total of 130 films.
www.filmreference.com /Writers-and-Production-Artists-Sh-Sy/Stothart-Herbert.html   (1112 words)

  
 Historic Opera -  Sheet Music Page 4
Lyrics and music by Herbert Stothart, Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields, circa 1931.
(3) Lawrence Tibbett: The Rogue Song (Beyond the Dawn) from The Rogue Song by Herbert Stothart.
(12) Fritzi Scheff: The Prima Donna from Mlle Modiste by Victor Herbert, circa 1905.
www.historicopera.com /jmusic_page4.htm   (170 words)

  
 BSOSpirit -- Back to the Spirits - Sala de Trofeos
Cuarto lugar para The Son of Kong (Max Steiner), con 7 puntos y, por detrás, Das testament das Dr. Mabuse (Hanns Erdmann) y Queen Christina (Herbert Stothart), con 5 cada una.
Más atrás quedaron Los tres mosqueteros de Max Steiner, tercera, por delante de The Informer (Max Steiner), que logró 7 puntos, y de David Copperfield y Anna Karenina, las dos de Herbert Stothart, con 5 y 4 puntos, respectivamente.
El tercer lugar fue para El retrato de Dorian Gray, de Herbert Stothart, que se adelantó a Objective: Burma (Franz Waxman), que alcanzó 10 puntos, Leave Her to Heaven (Alfred Newman) con 8, y The Keys of the Kingdom (Alfred Newman) con 7.
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 Colonne Sonore
Mutiny on the Bounty (L'ammutinamento del Bounty) -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Nat W. Finston, capo dipartimento (partitura composta da Herbert Stothart)
The Wizard of Oz (Il mago di Oz) -- Herbert Stothart *
Max Steiner si vede portar via un Oscar praticamente sicuro proprio dal leggendario musical di Harold Arlen e E.Y. Harburg (ma il premio viene assegnato a Herbert Stothart, autore dell'adattamento e della direzione musicale).
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 Amazon.com At a Glance: Herbert Stothart   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
~ Harold Arlen, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Herbert Stothart, Jack Haley, Buddy Ebsen, Judy Garland, The Wizard Of Oz (Related Recordings), E.
~ Harold Arlen, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Herbert Stothart, Jack Haley, Buddy Ebsen, Judy Garland, E.
~ Dinah Shore, Various Artists - Soundtracks - Film Scores, Donald O'Connor, Herbert Stothart, The Andrews Sisters, Jeanette MacDonald
www.amazon.com /Herbert-Stothart/artist/B000API444   (269 words)

  
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