Gerard Schurmann
Gerard Schurmann (19 January 1924 – 24 March 2020) was a Dutch-born British composer and conductor. He composed music for many film soundtracks. Schurmann was also the orchestrator for the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia.
Gerard Schurmann
- Name
- Gerard Schurmann
- Born
- 19 January 1924
- Birthplace
- Java, Dutch East Indies
- Died
- 24 March 2020
- Place of death
- Hollywood Hills, California, U.S.
- Occupation
- * Composer
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands · United Kingdom
- Fields
- music · conducting · piano performance · film score
- Languages
- English
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Gerard Schurmann (19 January 1924 – 24 March 2020) was a Dutch-born British composer and conductor. He composed music for many film soundtracks. Schurmann was also the orchestrator for the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia.
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Schurmann died on 24 March 2020 at his home in the Hollywood Hills.
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• Name — Gerard Schurmann • Born — 19 January 1924 • Birthplace — Java, Dutch East Indies • Died — 24 March 2020 • Place of death — Hollywood Hills, California, U.S. • Occupation — * Composer • conductor
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Gerard Schurmann was born to a Dutch father and a Hungarian pianist mother who had studied with Béla Bartók.
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1924
Gerard Schurmann was born on 19 January 1924.
2020
Gerard Schurmann died at Hollywood Hills.
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Film music
• The Long Arm (1956) • The Man in the Sky (1957) • The Camp on Blood Island (1958) • The Two Headed Spy (1958) • Horrors of the Black Museum (1959) • Cone of Silence (1960) • Konga (1961) • The Ceremony (1963) • Dr Syn, Alias the Scarecrow (1963) • The Bedford Incident (1965) • The Lost Continent (1968) • Attack on the Iron Coast (1968) • Claretta (1984) • The Gambler (1997)
Discography
• Concerto for Orchestra, Violin Concerto • Six Studies of Francis Bacon, Variants for Small Orchestra (1997) • Music for Violin and Piano • Chamber Music, Vol. 2 • Chamber Music, Vol. 3 • Chamber and Instrumental Music and Songs, Vol. 4
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Gerard Schurmann is recorded with the occupation conductor. Recorded as composer, conductor, pianist and musician.
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