HERBERT STOTHART

'Herbert Stothart' (September 11 1885 – February 1 1949) was a song writer, arranger, and composer. He was also nominated for 9 Oscars, winning for The Wizard of Oz.

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Biography

Works

References

Biography

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. Stothart soon joined with many famous playwrights including Vincent Youmans, George Gershwin and Franz Lehar. In 1929, Stothart was signed to a large Hollywood contract by another famous playwright of the day, Louis B. Mayer.
The last 20 years of his life were spent at MGM Studios, where he was under contract as a composer. Stothart was nominated for a number of Oscars, winning for ''The Wizard of Oz''.
He died in Los Angeles, California at the age of 64.

Works

Herbert Stothart is credited as the composer of:

★ A Night at the Opera

★ After The Thin Man

★ Anna Karenina

★ China

★ David Copperfield

★ The Good Earth

★ The Green Years

★ Idiot's Delight

★ Madame Curie

★ Mrs. Miniver

★ Mutiny On The Bounty

★ National Velvet

★ Naughty Marietta

★ The Picture Of Dorian Gray

★ Pride And Prejudice

★ Rasputin And The Empress

★ A Tale Of Two Cities

★ Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

★ What Every Woman Knows

★ The White Cliffs Of Dover

★ The Yearling (arrangement of Frederick Delius music)

References

★ Information on Herbert Stothart

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★ New York Times