Herrmann, Bernard
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Herrmann, Bernard (
b NY, 1911;
d Hollywood, 1975). Amer. composer and conductor. Founder-cond. New Chamber Orch. 1931–4. Mus. dir. CBS 1934–40, cond.-in-chief CBS SO 1942–59. Champion of Ives's mus. and also of Eng. composers—not only Elgar and Vaughan Williams, but Rubbra, Brian, Bax, Cecil Gray, and Cyril Scott. Also an enthusiast for Raff. Lived in London for several months each year. Wrote 49 film scores, several of them for Orson Welles (
Citizen Kane, 1941;
The Magnificent Ambersons, 1942) and Hitchcock (
North by Northwest, 1959;
Psycho, 1960). Among his other film scores were
Jane Eyre (1943);
Anna and the King of Siam (1946);
The Ghost and Mrs Muir (1947);
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952);
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956);
Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1959);
Fahrenheit 451 (1966);
Sisters (1972); and
Taxi Driver (1976). He used electric vn. and electric bass in
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), one of the first examples of elec. mus. in films. His opera
Wuthering Heights and other comps. have an expressive and lyrical warmth which compensate for some lack of originality. Comps. incl.:OPERAS:
Wuthering Heights (1943–51);
A Christmas Carol, TV (1954);
A Child is Born, TV (1955).ORCH.: sym. No.1 (1939–41); vn. conc. (unfinished, 1937);
For the Fallen (1943); Suite,
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941);
Welles Raises Kane (1942);
Sinfonietta, str. (1935).CHORAL:
Moby Dick, cantata for 2 ten., 2 basses, male ch., and orch. (1937–8);
Johnny Appleseed (1940).CHAMBER MUSIC: str. qt. (1932);
Echoes for str. qt. (1965);
Aubade, 14 instr. (retitled
Silent Noon) (1933);
Souvenirs de Voyage, cl. quintet (1967).
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