Meredith Willson

Meredith Willson
Meredith Willson, 1937.
RođenjeRobert Meredith Willson
(1902-05-18)18. 5. 1902.
Mason City, Iowa
Smrt15. 6. 1984. (dob: 82)
Alma materJulliard Scholl
Zanimanjekompozitor
dirigent
dramatičar

Robert Meredith Willson (18. maj 1902 – 15. jun 1984) bio je američki kompozitor, kantautor, dirigent i dramatičar, najpoznatiji kao autor popularnog brodvejskog mjuzikla The Music Man. Osim njega je napisao tri mjuzikla, komponirao niz simfonija i popularnih pjesama, te brojne filmske partiture, zahvaljujući kojima je dva puta nominiran za Oscara.

Bibliografija

  • Willson, Meredith. And There I Stood With My Piccolo. Minneapolis. University of Minnesota Press, 1948, 2009.
  • Willson, Meredith. Eggs I Have Laid, Holt, 1955.
  • Willson, Meredith. But He Doesn't Know the Territory. Minneapolis. University of Minnesota Press Arhivirano 2011-06-05 na Wayback Machine-u 1959, 2009.

Izvori

Literatura

  • Skipper, John C. (2000), Meredith Willson: The Unsinkable Music Man Savas Pub. Co, ISBN 1-882810-78-3
  • Oates, Bill (2005), Meredith Willson-America's Music Man, Author House, ISBN 1-420835354 Uneseni ISBN nije važeći.

Eksterni linkovi

  • Meredith Willson na sajtu IMDb
  • Meredith Willson na Internet Broadway Database (en)
  • NAXOS listing Arhivirano 2008-06-21 na Wayback Machine-u
  • MTI Shows biography
  • Song Writers Hall of Fame listing
  • Des Moines Register bio Arhivirano 2013-01-21 na Archive.is-u
  • Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony for the Presidential Medal of Freedom - June 23, 1987 Arhivirano 2011-04-25 na Wayback Machine-u
  • Univ. of Iowa Special Collections, Papers of W. Earl Hall (dating from 1917-1969) Arhivirano 2010-05-09 na Wayback Machine-u
  • Meredith "The Music Man" Willson na Find a Grave
Meredith Willson na Wikimedijinoj ostavi