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Bernard Herrmann
Affiliation: BMI
Born on: 6 / 29 / 1911 - Deceased: 12 / 24 / 1975






Anabel Lee 1934
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A Melodrama for Speaker & Orchestra
Poem by Edgar Alan Poe

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Concert Works: Non Film

Andante Cantable 1947
3:33 [ Details ]
Recorded by Joel McNeely with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra for "Fahrenheit 451" (Varese Sarabande)
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Chamber Orchestra: Film Music
Concert Works: Non Film

City of Brass, The 1934
6:20 [ Details ]
A Melodram for Speaker and Orchestra based on the Anonymous Poem from "The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night", Translated by Edward Powys Mathers
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Concert Works: Non Film

Cynara 1935
8:00 [ Details ]
A Melodram for Speaker & Orchestra
Poem by Ernest Dowson

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Concert Works: Non Film

HAPPY PRINCE, THE
12:00 [ Details ]
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Concert Works: Non Film

La Belle Dame Sans Merci 1934
9:00 [ Details ]
A Melodram for Speaker and Orchestra
Based on the Poems by John Keats

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Concert Works: Non Film

Little Blossom
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A Melodram for speaker, strings and 2 Harps
Based on Charles Dickens' "David Copperfield"

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Concert Works: Non Film

ON DANGEROUS GROUND 1951
2:23 [ Details ]
The Death Hunt

Restored by Christopher Palmer

Recorded by Charles Gerhardt with the National Philharmonic for "Citizen Kane: The Classic Film Scores by Bernard Herrmann" (RCA)
 

Poem Cycle
For Speaker and small orchestra

1935
6:00 [ Details ]
1. The Willow Leaf
Poem from "The Garden of Bright Waters" by Chang Chiu Ling

2. Weep No More Sad Fountains 2:00
Based on the Poem by John Dowland

3. Something Tells 1:30
Poem by David Ross

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Concert Works: Non Film

Shropshire Lad, A

For speaker and small orchestra
Poems by A.E. Housman

1935
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1. Reveille
2. When I Was One & Twenty
3. With Rue My Heart Is Laden

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Concert Works: Non Film

Silent Noon 1933
10:35 [ Details ]
An Idyll for Orchestra

Based on a poem by Dante Gabriel Rosetti

Edited by Christopher Palmer

Recorded by James Sedares with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra for "Bernard Herrmann" (Koch International Classics)
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Concert Works: Non Film

Sinfonietta for string orchestra 1935
17:30 [ Details ]
Prelude 3:48
Scherzo 2:51
Adagie 3:29
Interlude 2:18
Variations 5:04

Recorded by Isaiah Jackson with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra (Koch International Classics)
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Concert Works: Non Film

Souvenirs du Voyages 1965
29:00 [ Details ]
For clarinet and string quartet
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Concert Works: Non Film

VERTIGO 1958
5:07 [ Details ]
3. Scene d'amour
 

For The Fallen
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a berceuse 1943
6:52 [ Details ]
(A Berceuse)

Recorded by James Sedares for Bernard Herrrmann CD (Koch International Classics)

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Concert Works: Non Film
Patriotic Holidays

PSYCHO
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A narrative for string orchestra 1960
14:32, 7:22, 5:00, 1 hr. 49 min. [ Details ]
. Film cues with pauses between movements:

Part I: Prelude, The City, The Rainstorm, Part II: The Madhouse, The Murder, The Water, The Swamp, Part III: The Stairs, The Knife, The Cellar, Finale

Recorded by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Essa Pekka Salonen, (SONY) 14:00

. The original playthrough edition was restored by John Mauceri in 1990
Recorded by the composer (London/Decca) 14:00

. The seven minute edition which includes the Prelude, Murder & Finale

Recorded by Elmer Bernstein & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Denon) 7:22

. Five minute edition, Prelude, Murder & Finale, edited by John Mauceri, is also available

. Psycho: Ballet

. The complete score, 42 cues, is available for performances, played live to film: 109 minutes
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Chamber Orchestra: Film Music
60's
Halloween: Reel Chillers
Hitchcock Thrillers

TAXI DRIVER
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A Night Piece For Orchestra 1976
8:32 [ Details ]
With alto saxophone solo

Prelude, Blues, Night Prowl, Bloodbath, Finale

Arranged by Christopher Palmer

 

MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, THE
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Cantata 1956
9:15 [ Details ]
The Storm Clouds Cantata (arranged by Sir Arthur Benjamin)
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Choral Classics from the Cinema
Hitchcock Thrillers
James Stewart (1908 - 1997)

Nocturne & Scherzo For Orchestra 1936
15:00 [ Details ]
Nocturne (7:30)

Scherzo (7:30)
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Concert Works: Non Film

Concerto Macabre
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For Piano & Orchestra 1975
12:00 [ Details ]
For piano solo & orchestra

Recorded as part of The Paradine Case CD with David Beuchner (Koch International Classics)
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Concert Works: Non Film

Currier & Ives Suite 1935
13:16 [ Details ]
1. The Whirlwind Skater: Presto (1:25)
2. Waltz: Moderato (2:30)
3. Gallop - The Whip: Allegro (1:45)
4. The Fat Man: Slow (2:05)
5. Torchlight Finale: Allegro Molto (1:30)

Also available for concert band

Recorded by James Sedares & New Zealand Symphony Orchestra )Koch International Classics)
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Christmas at the Movies
Concert Works: Non Film

JANE EYRE
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Suite 1943
13:19 [ Details ]
Lowood, Thornfield & Rochester, The Tower, Departure & Retreat
 

Portrait of Hitch Suite 1954
8:21 [ Details ]
TROUBLE WITH HARRY, THE

Also available for concert band