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Unsung Music Man Walter Scharf

Posted on February 20, 2023 by ahcadmin

Walter Scharf is one of the great, unsung composers & arrangers in film history. Anyone who finds themselves humming Pure Imagination from the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) is likely to recall, along with the melody itself, … Continue reading →

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A Friendship Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick and Gerald Fried

Posted on June 19, 2018 by ahcadmin

Gerald Fried, a Julliard trained composer for television and film, began performing music in his Bronx neighborhood during the 1940s. There he met Stanley Kubrick, who would go on to become a celebrated film director, screenwriter, and producer. Kubrick and … Continue reading →

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Irwin Kostal: Mastermind of Many 20th Century Musicals

Posted on January 8, 2014 by ahcadmin

The AHC has recently processed the papers of Irwin Kostal, an American composer, orchestrator and arranger in the 20th century. Kostal’s most well-known projects include work on The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, Sail Away  and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. … Continue reading →

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