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Hugo Wilhelm Friedhofer (May 3, 1901 – May 17, 1981) [1] was an American composer and cellist best known for his motion picture scores.
Hugo Friedhofer. Composer: The Best Years of Our Lives. Hugo Friedhofer -- how many times have you seen that name in the credits of 1930s and '40s movies for "orchestration" or "musical arranger" and thought -- Gee, what a busy guy! He was, and, ironically, much of that work went uncredited.
May 20, 1981 · Hugo Friedhofer, an Oscar-winning orchestrator and composer who was among the first to integrate music and movies, died Sunday at St. Vincent's Hospital. He had been receiving treatment...
Hugo Friedhofer. Composer: The Best Years of Our Lives. Hugo Friedhofer -- how many times have you seen that name in the credits of 1930s and '40s movies for "orchestration" or "musical arranger" and thought -- Gee, what a busy guy! He was, and, ironically, much of that work went uncredited.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS. 1919-22 Plays cello in chamber recitals throughout San Francisco, e.g. Sorosis Club Hall. c1921-28 Cellist in various theatre orchestras: Royal on Polk Street, Haight Street, Castro, and Granada theatres. Also stage band arranger under Andrea Setaro, Maurice Lawrence, and George Lipshultz.
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Jun 18, 2002 · Hugo Friedhofer: The Best Years of His Life surveys the impressive career of one of Hollywood's extraordinary composers of music for the movies. Friedhofer became the leading orchestrator for Max Steiner, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and Alfred Newman soon after his 1929 arrival in Hollywood.
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In wonderful ways, the Max Steiner Papers and the Hugo Friedhofer Papers complement one another in that Friedhofer orchestrated many of Steiner’s scores. Steiner’s annotations in the pencil scores are specifically addressed to Friedhofer.
Hugo Friedhofer - Fact Sheet. Bill Snedden. Birth. Hugo Wilhelm Friedhofer in San Francisco, California, 3 May 1901. Death. In Hollywood, California, 17 May 1981 (aged 80), following complications from an accidental fall, at St. Vincent's Hospital, Los Angeles, CA. Family Backround.
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In this paperbound reprint of a 1999 work, Danly (composer and film music historian) tells the story of Hugo Friedhofer, who began his career as a film composer at the start of the sound era and...
Hugo Friedhofer: The Best Years of His Life surveys the impressive career of one of Hollywood's extraordinary composers of music for the movies. Friedhofer became the leading orchestrator for Max Steiner, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and Alfred Newman soon after his 1929 arrival in Hollywood.
