Marvin Hamlisch
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1944-06-02
- Died
- 2012-08-06
- 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
via Open Library + Wikidata
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
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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
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,495x
- Circular RNAs are a large class of animal RNAs with regulatory potency
· 2013 · cited 6,727x
- The Fusiform Face Area: A Module in Human Extrastriate Cortex Specialized for Face Perception
· 1997 · cited 6,134x
- Energy Gaps in Graphene Nanoribbons
· 2006 · cited 4,589x
- Effectiveness of Antipsychotic Drugs in Patients with Chronic Schizophrenia
· 2005 · cited 4,525x
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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
Key dates
- Born
- 2 June 1944
- Died
- 6 August 2012
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Frederick
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Manhattan
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- bandleader
- Educated at
- Queens College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
Article
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").
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1944 births2012 deaths20th-century American Jews21st-century American JewsAmerican film score composersAmerican male musical theatre composersAmerican musical theatre composersAmerican people of Austrian-Jewish descentAmerican television composersASCAP composers and authorsBest Original Music Score Academy Award winnersBest Original Song Academy Award–winning songwriters