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Alias:
Naftule Schüldkraut
Nat Shilkret
Birthplace:
New York City, New York, USA
Born:
December 25, 1889
Died:
February 18, 1982
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nathaniel Shilkret (December 25, 1889 – February 18, 1982) was an American composer, conductor, clarinetist, pianist, business executive, and music director. Shilkret was born in New York City to a musical family of Austrian immigrants. His father played a number of instruments, and made certain that Nat and his three brothers were all accomplished musicians at an early age. Nathaniel Shilkret's brother-in-law, Nathaniel Finston, was violinist in many organizations in his youth and was musical director for Paramount and later for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, at one time being Nathaniel Shilkret's boss. Shilkret moved to Los Angeles in late 1935 and there contributed music scores and musical direction for a string of Hollywood films for RKO (as musical director from 1935—1937), Walter Lantz Productions (one of the studio's musical directors during 1937) and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (as a musical director from 1942—1946). His films included Mary of Scotland (1936), Swing Time (1936), The Plough and the Stars, and Shall We Dance? (1937) and several films of Laurel and Hardy. He also received an Oscar nomination for his work scoring the film version of Maxwell Anderson's stage drama Winterset (1936). In 1939, he conducted a group of soloists (including tenor Jan Peerce) and the Victor Symphony Orchestra for RCA Victor's multi-disc tribute to Victor Herbert, which were recorded following a special NBC radio broadcast, and he recorded a number of other albums in 1939 and 1940. Due to a serious abdominal operation for cancer removal, he did not conduct for most of 1941. In 1944–45, Shilkret led the collaborative project that created Genesis Suite, a work for narrator, chorus, and orchestra based on the events in the biblical Book of Genesis. This collaboration involved Shilkret, plus six other composers who immigrated to the United States from Europe – most of whom were Jewish – contributing one movement each: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Darius Milhaud, Arnold Schoenberg, Igor Stravinsky, Alexandre Tansman and Ernst Toch. Shilkret tried to involve also Béla Bartók into the collaborative project, but this was unsuccessful. He worked at RKO-Pathe, making short films from 1946 through the mid-1950s. During this same period he recorded at least 260 transcriptions for SESAC. He was the pit orchestra conductor for the Broadway show Paris '90 in 1952. He lived in his son's home in Franklin Square, NY, from the mid-1950s until his death in 1982 and was a Great Uncle of actress Julie Warner.
Additional Music:
1937 Breakfast for Two
1942 The Falcon Takes Over
1943 Above Suspicion
Cinematography:
1937 Breakfast for Two
1942 The Falcon Takes Over
1943 Above Suspicion
1946 Faithful in My Fashion
Conductor:
1935 Honolulu: The Paradise of the Pacific
1935 Los Angeles: 'Wonder City of the West'
1937 Breakfast for Two
1942 The Falcon Takes Over
1943 Above Suspicion
1946 Faithful in My Fashion
Music:
1930 Blotto
1930 When the Wind Blows
1931 I am from Siam
1934 Holland in Tulip Time
1934 Ireland: 'The Emerald Isle'
1934 Social Register
1935 Honolulu: The Paradise of the Pacific
1935 Los Angeles: 'Wonder City of the West'
1936 Winterset
1937 Breakfast for Two
1937 Serene Siam
1938 Condemned Women
1938 Singapore and Jahore
1939 One Third of a Nation
1942 The Falcon Takes Over
1943 Above Suspicion
1943 Don't You Believe It
1943 Heavenly Music
1943 Hitler's Madman
1943 Nursery Rhyme Mysteries
1943 Ode to Victory
1943 Storm
1943 This Is Tomorrow
1943 To My Unborn Son
1944 A Lady Fights Back
1944 Blonde Fever
1944 Dark Shadows
1944 Nostradamus IV
1944 Nothing But Trouble
1944 Return from Nowhere
1945 It Looks Like Rain
1946 Faithful in My Fashion
1946 The Hoodlum Saint
1947 Forgotten Island
1947 The Big Party
1949 The Boy and the Eagle
1951 Flying Padre
1993 Dorothy & the Wizard in Oz
Music Director:
1925 Franz Liszt
1930 Blotto
1930 When the Wind Blows
1931 I am from Siam
1934 Holland in Tulip Time
1934 Ireland: 'The Emerald Isle'
1934 Social Register
1934 Switzerland the Beautiful
1935 Honolulu: The Paradise of the Pacific
1935 Los Angeles: 'Wonder City of the West'
1936 Swing Time
1936 That Girl from Paris
1936 The Plough and the Stars
1936 Walking on Air
1936 Winterset
1937 Border Cafe
1937 Breakfast for Two
1937 Music for Madame
1937 Serene Siam
1937 The Soldier and the Lady
1938 Condemned Women
1938 Singapore and Jahore
1939 One Third of a Nation
1941 Jungle Cavalcade
1942 The Falcon Takes Over
1943 Above Suspicion
1943 Don't You Believe It
1943 Heavenly Music
1943 Hitler's Madman
1943 Nursery Rhyme Mysteries
1943 Ode to Victory
1943 Storm
1943 This Is Tomorrow
1943 To My Unborn Son
1944 A Lady Fights Back
1944 Blonde Fever
1944 Dark Shadows
1944 Nostradamus IV
1944 Nothing But Trouble
1944 Return from Nowhere
1945 It Looks Like Rain
1946 Faithful in My Fashion
1946 The Hoodlum Saint
1947 Forgotten Island
1947 The Big Party
1949 The Boy and the Eagle
1951 Flying Padre
1993 Dorothy & the Wizard in Oz
Original Music Composer:
1925 Franz Liszt
1928 The Battle of the Sexes
1930 Blotto
1930 When the Wind Blows
1931 I am from Siam
1934 Holland in Tulip Time
1934 Ireland: 'The Emerald Isle'
1934 Social Register
1934 Switzerland the Beautiful
1935 Honolulu: The Paradise of the Pacific
1935 Los Angeles: 'Wonder City of the West'
1936 Mary of Scotland
1936 Swing Time
1936 That Girl from Paris
1936 The Bohemian Girl
1936 The Plough and the Stars
1936 Walking on Air
1936 Winterset
1937 Border Cafe
1937 Breakfast for Two
1937 Hitting a New High
1937 Hong Kong: 'The Hub of the Orient'
1937 Music for Madame
1937 Rocky Mountain Grandeur
1937 Serene Siam
1937 The Soldier and the Lady
1937 The Toast of New York
1938 Condemned Women
1938 Singapore and Jahore
1939 One Third of a Nation
1941 Jungle Cavalcade
1942 The Falcon Takes Over
1943 Above Suspicion
1943 Don't You Believe It
1943 Heavenly Music
1943 Hitler's Madman
1943 Nursery Rhyme Mysteries
1943 Ode to Victory
1943 Storm
1943 That's Why I Left You
1943 This Is Tomorrow
1943 To My Unborn Son
1943 Trifles That Win Wars
1944 A Lady Fights Back
1944 Blonde Fever
1944 Dark Shadows
1944 Grandpa Called It Art
1944 Lost in a Harem
1944 Nostradamus IV
1944 Nothing But Trouble
1944 Return from Nowhere
1945 It Looks Like Rain
1945 She Went to the Races
1946 Faithful in My Fashion
1946 The Hoodlum Saint
1947 Forgotten Island
1947 The Big Party
1949 The Boy and the Eagle
1951 Flying Padre
1993 Dorothy & the Wizard in Oz
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