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Browse piano sheets by Elmer Bernstein on Zen Virtual Piano. Elmer Bernstein was an American film composer whose career spanned five decades. His musical beginnings were at the piano: he gave his first concert at fifteen in New York’s Steinway Hall. Encouraged by Aaron Copland, he studied composition with teachers including Roger Sessions and Stefan Wolpe. His eventual screen career encompassed more than 150 original film scores and nearly 80 television scores. Bernstein’s music for To Kill a Mockingbird arose from his close working relationship with producer Alan J. Pakula and director Robert Mulligan. Bernstein chose a chamber-sized ensemble instead of the more traditional full orchestra, giving the music an understated character. His other film work ranged from the jazz of The Man With the Golden Arm to The Magnificent Seven. He also devoted time to the wider musical community, leading organizations including the Film Music Society. To preserve Hollywood’s musical legacy, he funded the Film Music Collection, conducted recordings of classic scores and issued a quarterly journal devoted to film music.
Browse piano sheets by Elmer Bernstein on Zen Virtual Piano.
Elmer Bernstein was an American film composer whose career spanned five decades. His musical beginnings were at the piano: he gave his first concert at fifteen in New York’s Steinway Hall. Encouraged by Aaron Copland, he studied composition with teachers including Roger Sessions and Stefan Wolpe. His eventual screen career encompassed more than 150 original film scores and nearly 80 television scores.
Bernstein’s music for To Kill a Mockingbird arose from his close working relationship with producer Alan J. Pakula and director Robert Mulligan. Bernstein chose a chamber-sized ensemble instead of the more traditional full orchestra, giving the music an understated character. His other film work ranged from the jazz of The Man With the Golden Arm to The Magnificent Seven.
He also devoted time to the wider musical community, leading organizations including the Film Music Society. To preserve Hollywood’s musical legacy, he funded the Film Music Collection, conducted recordings of classic scores and issued a quarterly journal devoted to film music.
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Aaron Copland encouraged him, and his teachers included Roger Sessions and Stefan Wolpe. His early musical career also included a piano concert at Steinway Hall when he was fifteen.
His close relationship with producer Alan J. Pakula and director Robert Mulligan led to the commission. He used a chamber-sized ensemble rather than a traditional full orchestra.
He invested his own money in the Film Music Collection, conducting recordings of classic scores and issuing a quarterly journal. He also served in leadership roles within film-music organizations.