Dimitri Tiomkin News
Ukrainian-born American film composer
Commemorations 2024 (Birth: Dimitri Tiomkin)
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- film score
- United States of America, Russian Empire, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
- pianist, composer, conductor, film score composer, film producer, music arranger
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2019-12-17 09:47:18
[…] the legendary Hollywood tunesmith and songwriter. This project allowed him to deliver both a magical and memorable dramatic score, plus original songs – including the opening title’s ‘Every Christmas Eve’, sung by Aled Jones. The centrepiece of his music is the ‘Christmas Rhapsody’, a delightful montage of familiar festive tunes which accompanied the film’s montage of centuries passing. Article: A Brief History of Christmas Music It’s a Wonderful LifeDmitri Tiomkin (1946) This all-out classic has become staple viewing for many generations at this time of year. Frank Capra’s film sees a small-town family man hit rock bottom and make a dangerous wish. With an angel called Clarence by his side, he sees what the lives of his family and friends would actually be like without him. Grab the tissues… Additional warmth and joy comes from legendary composer Dmitri Tiomkin, whose light touch […]
2016-03-11 12:30:53
[…] Marie Recio. In 1876 Puccini – then seventeen years old – walked seven hours to Pisa to see Verdi’s Aida. He managed to beg his way into the theater hours before curtain-rise and was able to hide out in order to see the performance without paying for a ticket. In 1937 Frank Capra’s film “The Lost Horizon” opened at the Four Stars Theater in Los Angeles and featured a classic film score composed by Dmitri Tiomkin (and conducted by Max Steiner). In 1967 Zoltán Kodály’s funeral took place in Budapest. Recommended Listening Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 92 “Oxford” performed by the Capella Istropolitana, Barry Wordsworth conducting. Wikipedia contributors, “William Lloyd Webber,” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Lloyd_Webber&oldid=703520373 (accessed March 9, 2016). Wikipedia contributors, “Astor Piazzolla,” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Astor_Piazzolla&oldid=705981706 (accessed March 9, 2016). Wikipedia contributors, “Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano),” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sarah_Walker_(mezzo-soprano)&oldid=706435623 (accessed March 9, 2016). […]
2016-03-10 13:00:23
[…] was made the founding director of the Düsseldorf Theatrical Association, tasked with making opera a big part of the repertoire. In 1915 Maurice Ravel was pronounced fit for duty in the French army. In 1924 Sergei Rachmaninoff gave a concert for U.S. President Calvin Coolidge at the White House. In 1937 Frank Capra’s film “The Lost Horizon” opened at the Four Stars Theater in Los Angeles and featured a classic film score composed by Dmitri Tiomkin (and conducted by Max Steiner).Recommended Listening Alexander Borodin’s Symphony No. 2 performed by L’Orchestre de la Suisse romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet. Wikipedia contributors, “Lorenzo Da Ponte,” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lorenzo_Da_Ponte&oldid=707765093 (accessed March 8, 2016). Wikipedia contributors, “Pablo de Sarasate,” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pablo_de_Sarasate&oldid=702879635 (accessed March 8, 2016). Wikipedia contributors, “Arthur Honegger,” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arthur_Honegger&oldid=702594222 (accessed March 8, 2016). Wikipedia contributors, “Charles Groves,” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, […]
2015-12-17 16:00:17
[…] and cassettes exceeding $50 million. His recordings began in July 1935 at Boston’s Symphony Hall with RCA Victor, including a world premiere recording of Jacob Gade’s “Jalousie”, which eventually sold more than a million copies, and the first complete recording of “Rhapsody in Blue” by George Gershwin (with Jesús Maria Sanromá as soloist). In 1946, he conducted the Boston Pops in one of the first American recordings devoted to excerpts from a film score, Dmitri Tiomkin’s music for the David O. Selznick Technicolor epic Duel in the Sun; RCA Victor released an album of ten-inch 78-rpm discs complete with photographs from the film. Fiedler’s June 20, 1947, recording of Gaîté Parisienne by Jacques Offenbach was eventually released by RCA as their very first long-playing classical album (RCA Victor LM-1001), in 1950. He recorded the same music in 1954 in stereo and began making regular stereo recordings in 1956. A number […]
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