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Also known as George Edward Bruns

American composer (1914-1983)

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1914-07-03
Active to
1983-05-23

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
99,402
Total plays
967,446

Tags

SoundtrackcomposerDisneyinstrumentalold school disney

George Bruns (July 3, 1914 - May 23, 1983) was a composer of music for film and television who worked on many Disney films. He was nominated for four Academy Awards for his work. He was also a proficient musician, playing and recording on trombone, tuba and string bass. Bruns was born in Sandy, Oregon and went to college at Oregon State University, where he was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, graduating in 1936. In the 1930s he worked as a musician with various groups in the Portland,

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. A short history of<i>SHELX</i>

    · 2007 · cited 79,940x

  2. Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test

    · 1997 · cited 48,627x

  3. Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>

    · 2015 · cited 40,872x

  4. <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination

    · 2015 · cited 27,626x

  5. A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity

    · 1961 · cited 23,198x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Bruns
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Clackamas County
Place of death
Portland
Occupation
pianist
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
television
Genre
jazz
Instrument
trombone
Image
George Bruns, 1955.jpg
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date of death
1983-05-23
date of birth
1914-07-03
cause of death
myocardial infarction
different from
George Burns
manner of death
natural causes
start of work period
1983-00-00
Commons category
George Bruns
influenced by
Bernard Herrmann
birth name
George Edward Bruns
name in native language
George Bruns
Sources (8)

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Works in European collections

3 objects attributed to George Bruns, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana