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Elmer Bernstein

1922 - 2004

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Elmer Bernstein ( BURN-steen; April 4, 1922 – August 18, 2004) was an American composer and conductor. In a career that spanned over five decades, he composed "some of the most recognizable and memorable themes in Hollywood history", including over 150 original film scores, as well as scores for nearly 80 television productions. For his work, he received an Academy Award for Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) and a Primetime Emmy Award. He also received seven Golden Globe Awards, five Grammy Awards, and two Tony Award nominations. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elmer Bernstein is the 424th most popular composer (down from 347th in 2019), the 2,287th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,667th in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Elmer Bernstein ranks 424 out of 1,451. Before him are Georges Delerue, Mélanie Bonis, Ferdinand Hiller, Georg Muffat, Wolfgang Wagner, and Hermann Abendroth. After him are Zdeněk Fibich, Domenico Zipoli, Francesco Cilea, Franz Schmidt, Federico Mompou, and Carl Friedrich Zelter.

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Among people born in 1922, Elmer Bernstein ranks 101. Before him are Carlos Andrés Pérez, Paul Marcinkus, Hussein-Ali Montazeri, George Blake, Kim Hunter, and Rajko Mitić. After him are Ralph H. Baer, Yvonne De Carlo, Anker Jørgensen, José Froilán González, Patrick Macnee, and Serge Reggiani. Among people deceased in 2004, Elmer Bernstein ranks 66. Before him are Charles Sweeney, Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, Julia Child, Uta Hagen, Nino Manfredi, and Johnny Ramone. After him are Richard Avedon, Roque Máspoli, Nikolai Chernykh, Boris Trajkovski, Fanny Blankers-Koen, and Miki Matsubara.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elmer Bernstein ranks 2,287 out of 20,380. Before him are Chris Brown (1989), Frank Borzage (1894), Abner Doubleday (1819), Johnny Ramone (1948), Steve Vai (1960), and Sojourner Truth (1797). After him are Stanley Donen (1924), Solomon Northup (1808), Hetty Green (1834), John Ratcliffe (1965), Joseph Augustus Zarelli (1953), and Lucille Ball (1911).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Elmer Bernstein ranks 21. Before him are Charles Ives (1874), Alan Silvestri (1950), Aaron Copland (1900), Bernard Herrmann (1911), Cole Porter (1891), and Richard Rodgers (1902). After him are Paul Bowles (1910), Danny Elfman (1953), James Newton Howard (1951), George Antheil (1900), Bill Conti (1942), and Leroy Anderson (1908).

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