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Title: Happy 100th Birthday, Benny! Post by: Raffine on June 29, 2011, 08:22:17 AM Today marks the 100th birthday of composer Bernard Herrmann!
I plan to chain-smoke unfiltered Camels and scream at a bass clarinet player today in tribute. CBS Tribute (http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-207_162-10008202.html) Here's a detailed tribute (http://dougpayne.blogspot.com/2011/06/bernard-herrmann-at-100.html) FUN HERRMANN FACT: He was an early champion of The Beatles and a friend of Paul McCartney. He inspired the string accompaniment for Eleanor Rigby and may have even "ghost orchestrated" the song for his mate Paul. |