[78-L] ? Bernard Herrmann, 1947-51

simmonssomer simmonssomer at comcast.net
Mon Mar 30 10:27:01 PDT 2009



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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Subject: Re: [78-L] ? Bernard Herrmann, 1947-51


> Let's see..a 78RPM discography for Benny Herrmann....
>
> MACBETH..Orson Welles/Mercury Theatre Company, Columbia, 1941
>
> HANGOVER SQUARE PIANO CONCERTO..Janssen Symphony of Los Angeles, Victor,
> unreleased on 78, Camden LP (c. 1955)
>
> Betcha that's it.
>
> dl
>
> Stephen Davies wrote:
>> Folks,
>>         can anyone tell me why Bernard Herrmann stopped composing for 
>> film
>> between the years 1947 and 1951?  Was it simply for personal reasons?  I
>> notice that he divorced author Lucille Fletcher during that time.
>>         I saw the gap in his output accidentally when I was looking for
>> some replacement discs for a different film composer, Miklos Rozsa. 
>> Rozsa
>> had put the score for "The red house" (1947) on a three disc album.  What
>> would a 78 RPM discography for Herrmann look like?
>> - Stephen D
>> Calgary


HUAC ???

Al S.




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