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Composer ("Adagio for Strings", "Overture to 'The School for Scandal'"). He was educated at the Curtis Institute, and studied with Isabelle Vengerova, Emilio de Gogorza, Fritz Reiner, and Rosario Scalero. He was awarded an honorary music degree from Harvard University. He was a sergeant in the USAF during World War II. He conducted and recorded his own compositions with orchestras in the USA and in Europe. Joining ASCAP in 1939, his chief musical collaborator was Gian Carlo Menotti. He received the American Prix de Rome in 1935, a Guggenheim fellowship, and Pulitzer awards in 1935 and 1936, plus the Bearns Prize for the "Overture to 'The School for Scandal'". His works besides the above-mentioned include: "Serenade for Strings Quartet"; "Cello Sonata"; "Music for a Scene from Shelley"; "String Quartet No. 1"; "2 Essays for Orchestra"; "Three Reincarnations: A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map"; "Violin Concerto"; "Commando March"; "Capricorn Concerto"; "4 Excursions for Piano"; "Cello Concerto" (NY Music Critics Award, 1946); "Medea (ballet)"; "Nuvoletta"; "Knoxville: Summer of 1915"; "Piano Sonata"; "Souveniers (ballet)"; "Prayers of Kierkegaard (cantata)"; "Hermit Songs" "Summer Music for Woodwind Quintet"; "Vanessa" (opera, Pulitzer Prize, 1958); "A Hand of Bridge"; "Toccata Festiva"; "Nocturne"; "Adromache's Farewell"; "Piano Concerto No. 1" (Pulitzer Prize, 1963, NY Music Critics Award, 1964); "Antony and Cleopatra (opera)" (Metropolitan Opera Ford Foundation commission); and two symphonies.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Bobby was born in Indiana and may have inherited his show business talent from his grandfather who played the alto horn and disappeared- never to be seen since-with a carnival that was passing thru Indiana. Bobby, who is multi-talented, recorded a song called "Yes Indeed", in which he plays ten instruments, sings all four voices of the quartet, sings the solo, and also arranged the song. Sherwood's father was a singer and trambone player and his mother was a pianist. They had a vaudeville act called Bob-Gayle Sherwood & Co. Bobby joined the act when he was ten singing , dancing, and playing the banjo. Playing the horse was a favorite pastime of Bobby's. To quote "I didn't learn much about history and arithmetic, but I could tell you the best time of any horse at any track.". After vaudeville folded, Bobby played in clubs around Los Angeles, and became Bing Crosby's accompanist on records, in the band, in movies, and on radio. He later played on radio shows with Burns and Allen, Al Jolson, Rudy Vallee, Edie Cantor, and many more. Later he formed his own band, and starting appearing on television getting his first taste in Cleveland in 1948 appearing in everything from straight dramatic roles to a straight man for top comedians.- Editor
- Editorial Department
Nick DeMaggio was born on 27 December 1890 in Costa Mesa, California, USA. He was an editor, known for Night and the City (1950), Pickup on South Street (1953) and The Bride Wore Crutches (1940). He died on 23 January 1981 in Costa Mesa, California, USA.- Roman Rudenko was born on 30 July 1907 in Nosovka, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Nosivka, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine]. He died on 23 January 1981 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Liselott Baumgarten was born on 12 December 1906 in Dresden, Germany. She was an actress, known for Gejagt bis zum Morgen (1957), Hedda Gabler (1980) and Die Suche nach dem wunderbunten Vögelchen (1964). She died on 23 January 1981 in Görlitz, German Democratic Republic.
- Additional Crew
Andrew Shonfield was born on 10 August 1917 in Tadworth, Surrey, England, UK. He is known for Panorama (1953), This Week (1956) and News Report (1961). He died on 23 January 1981 in London, England, UK.- Rose Doré, originally from Ferme-Neuve, married Jean-Paul Rose in 1942. After settling in the Saint-Henri district of Montreal, the family moved to Ville Jacques-Cartier and fixed up their modest home so their five children could grow up comfortably. Deeply troubled by the social injustices she witnessed, Rose encouraged her children to pursue their education and try to escape a hard life of factory work. After the 1970 October Crisis, she devoted herself to defending her incarcerated sons, but also to the cause of other political prisoners, through the Comité d'information sur les prisonniers politiques. She died of cancer at age 66, just a few months before the release of Paul, her last imprisoned son.
- Robert Sherwood was born on 30 May 1914 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Grounds for Marriage (1951), Two Dollar Bettor (1951) and Three Guys Named Mike (1951). He died on 23 January 1981 in Auburn, Massachusetts, USA.
- Charles Baptiste was born in 1922 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for The Revenue Men (1967), The Old Wives' Tale (1964) and Charlesworth (1959). He died on 23 January 1981 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.