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Sandy - Oregon - USA
George Edward Bruns (July 3, 1914 – May 23, 1983) was an American composer of music for film and television. His accolades include four Academy Award nominations and three Grammy Award nominations. He is mainly known for his compositions for numerous Disney films from the 1950s to the 1970s, among them Sleeping Beauty (1959), One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Absent-Minded Professor (both…
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- Backstage Party — Self1961
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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,
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Bruns
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Clackamas County
- Place of death
- Portland
- Occupation
- pianist
- Employer
- Lewis & Clark College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Disney Legends
- 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
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Song
- start of work period
- 1983-00-00
- Commons category
- George Bruns
- related category
- Category:Films scored by George Bruns
- influenced by
- Bernard Herrmann
- birth name
- George Edward Bruns
- name in native language
- George Bruns
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- P12749
- Seonyudo Station
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Works in European collections
3 objects attributed to George Bruns, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana