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George Duning (February 25, 1908 – February 27, 2000) [1] was an American musician [2] and film composer. He was born in Richmond, Indiana, and educated in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, [1] where his mentor was Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
George Duning (February 25, 1908 – February 27, 2000) was an American musicial and film composer. He was born in Richmond, Indiana and educated in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, where his mentor was Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
George Duning: “I started out originally as a trumpet player, playing both jazz and symphonic music, then I would go back to the Cincinnati Conservatory and take crash courses during the summer. I’d quit the band or wherever I was working and go back and take some theory, counterpoint, harmony, and all that sort of stuff.
One of the least-known but most respected composers in film, George Duning earned five Oscar nominations and contributed one of the standards of the space age pop era, the medley of "Moonglow" and Duning's original theme to the motion picture, Picnic. Duning grew up in a musical family.
George Duning. Composer: From Here to Eternity. George Duning was educated in Cincinnati, Ohio, and during his early 20s played trumpet and piano for the Kay Kyser band, later arranging most of the music for Kyser's popular "Kollege of Musical Knowledge" radio program.
Mar 2, 2000 · George Duning, an Oscar-nominated composer who wrote music for films and television, died on Sunday at Alavarado Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 92.
George Duning. Highest Rated: 100% The Man From Laramie (1955) Lowest Rated: 20% Queen Bee (1955) Birthday: Feb 25, 1908. Birthplace: Richmond, Indiana, USA. Competent Hollywood composer, in...
