Herbert Stothart (September 11, 1885 – February 1, 1949) was a song writer, arranger, and composer. Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both In Music, an arrangement refers either to a rewriting of a piece of existing Music with additional new material or to a fleshing-out of a compositional sketch such A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance He was also nominated for nine Oscars, winning for his background music for The Wizard of Oz. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Although background music was by the end of the 20th Century generally identified with Muzak or Elevator music, there are several stages in the development of this The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical - Fantasy film mainly directed by Victor Fleming and based on the 1900 children’s
Herbert Stothart was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He studied music in Europe and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he later taught.
Stothart was first hired by producer Arthur Hammerstein to be a musical director for touring companies of Broadway shows, and was soon writing music for the producer's nephew Oscar Hammerstein. Arthur Hammerstein (1872-October 12 1955 was the uncle of Oscar Hammerstein II, was an Opera producer and one of the writers of the song " Because of You Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Oscar Hammerstein may refer to Oscar Hammerstein I (1847&ndash1919 cigar manufacturer opera impresario and theatre builder Oscar Hammerstein He composed some of the music in the famous operetta, Rose Marie. Rose Marie is an Operetta -style musical with music by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart, and book and lyrics by Otto Harbach Stothart soon joined with many famous playwrights including Vincent Youmans, George Gershwin and Franz Lehar. Vincent Youmans ( September 27, 1898 - April 5, 1946) was an American popular composer and Broadway producer George Gershwin (September 26 1898 &ndash July 11 1937 was an American Composer. Franz Lehár (30 April 1870 &ndash 24 October 1948 known in Hungarian as Lehár Ferenc, was an Austrian Composer of Hungarian descent In 1929, Stothart was signed to a large Hollywood contract by another would-be playwright of the day, Louis B. Mayer. Louis Burt Mayer (born Lazar Meir July 4, 1884 &ndash October 29, 1957) was an early Film producer, most
The last twenty years of his life were spent at MGM Studios, where he was under contract as a composer. One of the films that he worked on was the famous 1936 version of Rose Marie, starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. Jeanette MacDonald (June 18 1903 &ndash January 14 1965 was an American singer and actress best remembered for her musical films of the 1930s with Maurice Chevalier Nelson Ackerman Eddy ( June 29, 1901 - March 6, 1967) was an American singer who appeared in 19 Musical films
He died in Los Angeles, California at the age of 63. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West
Herbert Stothart is credited as the composer of: