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RIP Mr. Preview
What i was gonna writ.
"I worked with Morecambe and Wise...and look what happened to me...."
Andre at abt 56 sec.
https://youtu.be/gQBOepTtiM8
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I have told this story before...
My Cousin Bobby, was an oboe player in an orchestra he was conducting.
As a joke, when the orchestra tuned up - to middle C - my cousin played b-flat .
Previn was not fooled:
"will everyone but Mr. Kitsis please tune down a half-step
What a talent!
RIP
bruce
p.s. an excellent conductor of the RVW Symphonies!
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He composed an excellent score for "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", released in 1962, as well as the scores for "Bad Day at Black Rock", released in 1955 and "The Fastest Gun Alive" (1956). A legendary composer and conductor. Rest In Peace, Andre Previn.
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Did not know the details of his youth but I am not surprised he was a refugee from Nazi Germany.
Also, that he went to Beverly Hills High!!!
what a life>
brm
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Feb 28, 2019 - 2:51 PM
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Dana Wilcox
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An amazing talent in the fields of film music, conducting and classical music. My favorite film score is Elmer Gantry, especially that driving main title theme. In the popular realm, my favorite is his Duet album with Doris Day with Day singing out of one speaker and Previn playing the piano out of the other one. I also like his score to The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a perfectly dreadful film with a sublime love theme.
Yup, all wonderful stuff, Mel. Previn's style in film scores was unmistakable, truly his own. Great song writer and musical arranger, stellar jazz pianist, classical conductor, and all-around musician. Even a piece of crap like THE SUBTERRANEANS got a terrific effort from him, the sign of a true pro. Other than JW there is no one out there even in his ballpark.
I am so sad to hear of his passing.
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When I first began to collect orchestral music, his conducted recordings of the symphonies of Rachmaninoff, Vaughan Williams, et al increased my enthusiasm so very much.
I also remember viewing Previn and the Pittsburgh weekly when I was a kid. I still wonder about the identity of that show's theme music.
My favorites of his own compositions include his stage work such as Coco, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, and The Good Companions.
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Feb 28, 2019 - 3:47 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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Not only was Previn one of the great film composers, but he was an even greater film conductor:
Other Film Composers Conducted by Previn
Above and Beyond [Hugo Friedhofer] 1953
Act of Violence [Bronislau Kaper] 1949
Big Jack [Herbert Stothart] 1949
The Great Sinner [Bronislau Kaper] 1949
Malaya [Bronislau Kaper] 1950
The Prodigal [Bronislau Kaper] 1955
The Secret Garden [Bronislau Kaper] 1949
Three Little Words [Bert Kalmar] 1950
The Way West [Bronislau Kaper] 1967
Broadway Composers Conducted by Previn (on film)
Bells Are Ringing [Jule Styne] 1961
Gigi [Frederick Lowe] 1958
Give a Girl a Break [Burton Lane] 1954
Irma La Douce [Marguerite Monnot] 1963
Jesus Christ Superstar [Andrew Lloyd Webber] 1973
Kiss Me Kate [Cole Porter] 1953
My Fair Lady [Frederick Lowe] 1964
Porgy and Bess [George Gershwin] 1959
Silk Stockings [Cole Porter] 1957
Classical Composers Conducted by Previn (on film)
Kismet [Alexander Borodin, adapted by Robert Wright and George Forrest] 1955
The Music Lovers [Peter Tchaikovsky] 1971
One, Two, Three [Aram Khachaturyan, Richard Wagner, others] 1961
Rollerball [Johann Sebastian Bach, Dmitri Shostakovich] 1975
Six Weeks [Peter Tchaikovsky] 1982
Small Town Girl [Nicholas Brodszky, George Frideric Handel] 1953
The Sun Comes Up [Giacomo Puccini, Antonín Dvorák] 1949
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