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Marvin Hamlisch

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American composer and conductor (1944-2012)

Person · Open Library

Works
19

Top works

  • What I Did for Love (from a Chorus Line) Sheet Music
  • Chorus Line - Updated Edition
  • Marvin
  • Chorus line
  • A chorus line

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Film & TV

Sound · New York City, New York, USA

Marvin Frederick Hamlisch (June 2, 1944 – August 6, 2012) was an American composer and conductor. Hamlisch was one of only seventeen people to win Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards. This collection of all four is referred to as an "EGOT". He is one of only two people (along with composer Richard Rodgers) to have won those four prizes and a Pulitzer Prize ("PEGOT"). Description above from the…

Known for

  • The Sound of 007 — Self (archive footage)2022
  • Howard — Self (archive footage)2018
  • The Fabulous Allan Carr — Self (archive)2017
  • The Story of The Swimmer — Self (archive footage)2014
  • Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love — Self2013
  • Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony — Self2012
  • The Art of 'The Sting' — Self2005
  • Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand — Musical Director2004
  • AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies — Self2004
  • How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days — Marvin Hamlisch2003

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
United States
Active from
1944
Active to
2012

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
108,580
Total plays
743,929

Tags

SoundtrackcomposerBroadwaymusicalClassical

Marvin Hamlisch (June 2, 1944 - August 6, 2012) is an American composer primarily known for his film music compositions. Hamlish was born in New York City to Viennese Jewish parents. His was a musical family with his father being an accordionist and bandleader. Marvin Hamlisch was something of a child prodigy and by age five he began mimicking music he heard on the radio on the piano. A few months before he turned seven, in 1951, he became the youngest person ever accepted to the Juilliard Schoo

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Key facts

Born
Marvin Frederick Hamlisch , ( 1944-06-02 ) June 2, 1944, New York City, U.S.
Died
August 6, 2012 (2012-08-06) (aged 68), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Musical theatre film music pops
Occupations
Composer conductor
Instrument
Piano
Years active
1965–2012
Spouse
Terre Blair , ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1989 ) ​
Website
marvinhamlisch .com

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Marvin Frederick Hamlisch (June 2, 1944 – August 6, 2012) was an American composer and conductor. He is one of a handful of people to win Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards, a feat dubbed the "EGOT". He and composer Richard Rodgers are the only people to have won those prizes and a Pulitzer Prize ("PEGOT").

Early life

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