Harline, Leigh
Harline, Leigh
Harline, Leigh, American composer; b. Salt Lake City, March 26, 1907; d. Long Beach, Calif., Dec. 10, 1969. He studied music at the Univ. of Utah. He went to Los Angeles in 1928 and became arranger for Walt Disney (1931–42). He then worked as a film-music composer in Hollywood. His song “When You Wish upon a Star” received an Academy Award in 1940.
—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire
More From encyclopedia.com
Jerry Goldsmith , Jerry Goldsmith
Film composer
For the Record…
Selected discography
Sources
A composer for more than 40 years, Jerry Goldsmith’s work includes hundred… James Horner , Horner, James
Film composer
Beginning in the 1980s, James Horner has composed music for some of Hollywood’s most successful films. He was a pioneer i… Aaron Copland , Copland, Aaron
Composer
“To a composer, music is a kind of language,” I Aaron Copland opens the first volume of his autobiography, Copland: 1900 Thro… Dimitri Tiomkin , TIOMKIN, Dimitri
Composer. Nationality: American. Born: St. Petersburg, Russia, 10 May 1899; emigrated to the United States, 1925; naturalized citize… Harold Arlen , Arlen, Harold
Piano, composer, arranger, vocalist
For more than a century, a large number of immigrant Jews from Poland, Germany and Russia fled to t… Morton Gould , Gould, Morton
Composer, conductor
Despite receiving no formal education in orchestra tion or conducting, Morton Gould became one of the most prominen…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Harline, Leigh