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Also known as Walter Anthony Murphy Jr.

American composer

Person · Open Library

Died
1897
Works
4

Top works

  • The effects of work strategies in complex jobs on performance
  • Partnership in Pennsylvania
  • Remainders to children as a class
  • Upon This Rock

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
156,220
Total plays
739,506

Tags

Discofunk70sinstrumentalpop

Walter Anthony Murphy, Jr. (Also Known as Uncle Louie) (born 19 December 1952) is a pianist, composer, and arranger who had a massive hit with the instrumental, "A Fifth of Beethoven", a disco adaptation of some passages of the first movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, in 1976, when disco was at the height of its popularity. Murphy was born in 1952, in New York City, New York, USA and grew up in Manhattan. He attended the Manhattan School of Music there, where he studied jazz and classical

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Anthony
Family name
Murphy
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
New York City
Occupation
musician
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
music
Record label
Geffen Records
Residence
Los Angeles
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date of birth
1952-12-19
start of work period
1970-00-00
birth name
Walter Anthony Murphy Jr.
nickname
Uncle Louie
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