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Society for the Appreciation of the Music of
Bernard Herrmann • 1911 - 1975
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Petra Goes to the Movies
Music@Menlo: Resonance: Disc 5
North by Northwest
It’s Alive
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Jane Eyre
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King of the Khyber Rifles
DVD [2]
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Rheingau, Germany
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Prades, France
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New York, NY, USA
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Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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Lyon, France
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Latest News
Ray Harryhausen, R.I.P.
Bernard Herrmann's friend the special visual effects master Ray Harryhausen, has died aged 92. .
All Herrmann concert in Cologne in 2014
The WDR Radio orchestra presents a concert of Herrmann's music with Katia Labèque & The Bernard Herrmann-Projekt .
Hitchcock Film Week in San Francisco
Experience thrillers from the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, accompanied live by the Symphony and featuring the world premiere of Vertigo with orchestra, Psycho, and more. Wed Oct 30 8pm: Psycho complete with Orchestra Thu Oct 31 7:30pm: The Lodger.
All Herrmann concert in Oslo, Norway
The Norwegian Radio Orchestra gives an all Herrmann concert in February 2013.
Prince of Players @ Film Score Rundowns
Film Score Rundowns has added a chord profile on Prince of Players.
Herrmann in ‘Hitchcock’
This trailer of Sacha Gervasi's new film Hitchcock shows footage of Paul Schackman playing Bernard Herrmann: .
Musique Fantastique, Second Edition
The first (of four) volumes of the new edition of Randall D. Larson's book has been published. Bernard Herrmann is included in the chapter on Television Music in the first book, and his music for fantasy and science fiction films will be covered in depth in the forthcoming second book.
Bernard Herrmann: The composer behind best-loved films
An article by Vincent Dowd for the BBC World Service.
Nitin Sawhney talking about Herrmann
Nitin Sawhney was interviewed about his new score for Hitchcock's The Lodger and Bernard Herrmann.
101st Birthday Anniversary
Bernard Herrmann was born on 29th June 1911 in New York. And we have a new article on the site to celebrate it: Herrmann in Britain.
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Rheingau • Germany
Prades • France
Milan • Italy
Amsterdam • Netherlands
New York • NY • USA
Cardiff • UK
Winnipeg • MB • Canada
Lyon • France
El Dorado • AR • USA
Gent • Belgium
Dallas • TX • USA
New Orleans • LA • USA
San Francisco • CA • USA
Prague • Czech Republic
Birmingham • UK
Bernard Herrmann
A Biographical Sketch
Edward Johnson
Herrmann in Britain
Günther Kögebehn
I have dreamt in my life dreams, that have stayed with me forever.
Who's Herrmann?
About the Society
Talking Herrmann
Herrmann NOT on DVD
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Günther Kögebehn ...
31 replies
27 November 2006 - 18 June 2013
18 June 2013
Will we manage to get them all before the DVD goes the way of the Dodo? Down to: Prince of Players - 1955 Blue Denim - 1959 Joy in the Morning - 1965 Companions in Nightmare - 1969 (TV movie)
Fox Cinema Archives Collection
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Regis Nowicki ... Günther Kögebehn
3 replies
08 - 18 June 2013
18 June 2013
Allegedly Khyber comes letterboxed... But there is also a UK release of the film in August...
TAKE SHELTER
Bill Wrobel
No replies
18 June 2013
18 June 2013
Ray Harryhausen RIP
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Kevin Rutherford ... Steve Vertlieb
25 replies
07 May - 15 June 2013
15 June 2013
A remembrance of Ray...
RAY HARRYHAUSEN: AN INTIMATE PERSONAL REMEMBRANCE
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Steve Vertlieb ... NotHitch
4 replies
09 - 11 June 2013
11 June 2013
Just got off an internet chat with Juliet, Rozsa's daughter. Asked her to clarify her father's credentials for our purposes. She graciously replied,
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Music sheets!!!!
Sherry9lee
No replies
01 June 2013
01 June 2013
Does anybody know if there are music sheets (piano) available of Concerto Macabre (the music piece in Hangover Square)? I REALLY want it (the original piano score), no matter which cost!
Petra Goes To The Movies
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Kevin Rutherford ... Jim Doherty
3 replies
20 May - 01 June 2013
01 June 2013
Well, being a Herrmann completist, I got this CD, and find it a truly mixed bag. Many times, when she tries to emulate the sounds of brass (as in her rendition of GOLDFINGER, for instance),
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Vocal Version of 'Marnie'
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Regis Nowicki ... OnyaBirri
8 replies
29 - 31 May 2013
31 May 2013
A song in desperate need of a bridge. It sounds unfinished. No wonder it sank into obscurity.
For Better or Worse 1959
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Jim Doherty ... TomD
2 replies
25 - 28 May 2013
28 May 2013
Sounds like a live, daytime, soap opera, if one integrates all the clues. Might have had an original theme, of course.
Memorial Day/Herrmann/Corwin
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Jim Doherty ... John J
2 replies
28 May 2013
28 May 2013
Thank you, Jim, for bringing this to our attention and "grounding" us as to the real meaning of Memorial Day. To some, this day is just a venue for the Indy 500, a "One Day Only Sale",
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Herrmann CBS Legacy
Bill Wrobel
A Blue Plaque for Herrmann
Michael Beek and Günther Kögebehn
The Classic Film Scores of
Bernard Herrmann
George Kaplan
A Celebration of His Life and Music
The Radio Documentary
Bruce Crawford and Bob Coate
Transformation of "The Psycho Theme"
in Bernard Herrmann's Music for Psycho
Stephen Husarik
Herrmann Photo Tour
London
Günther Kögebehn