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San Francisco, California, USA
Hugo Wilhelm Friedhofer (May 3, 1901 – May 17, 1981) was an American composer and cellist best known for his motion picture scores. Friedhofer was born in San Francisco, California, United States. His father, Paul, was a cellist trained in Dresden, Germany; his mother, Eva König, was born in Germany. Friedhofer began playing cello at the age of 13. After taking lessons in harmony and…
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- Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music — Self (archive footage)2019
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Hugo Wilhelm Friedhofer (May 3, 1901 - May 17, 1981) was a German-American film music composer born in San Francisco[1]. Born into a musical family, Friedhofer began playing cello at the age of 13. After taking lessons in harmony and counterpoint at University of California, Berkeley, he was employed as a cellist for the People's Symphony Orchestra. In 1929, he relocated to Hollywood, where he performed as a musician for Fox Studios productions such as Sunny Side Up (1920) and Grand Canary (193
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- Given name
- Hugo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Francisco
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- pianist
- Educated at
- University of California, Berkeley
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- 1901-05-03
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- 1981-05-17
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- Paul Glass
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- Category:Films scored by Hugo Friedhofer
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