Tag: musician

Grace Jones

(1948) Beverly Grace Jones Filmography as Actress: A View to a Kill 1985 Director: John Glen Starring: Roger Moore, Tanya Roberts   Born May 19 1948 Spanish Town (Jamaica) Occupation Actress Model Occupation Musician Singer

Victor Garber

(1949) Victor Joseph Garber Filmography as Actor: Sleepless in Seattle 1993 Director: Nora Ephron Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan     The First Wives Club 1996 Director: Hugh Wilson Starring: Diane Keaton, Bette Midler   Born March 16 1949 London (Canada) Occupation Actor…

John Williams

(1932) John Towner Williams Works: • Family Plot (1976) • Greatest Hits • How to Steal a Million (1966) • Sabrina (1995) Filmography as Composer: How to Steal a Million 1966 Director: William Wyler Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Peter O’Toole  …

Maurice Jarre

(1924–2009) Maurice-Alexis Jarre Works: • Doctor Zhivago (1965) • Dr. Zhivago: ‘Lara’s Theme’ • Jesus of Nazareth (1977) Filmography as Composer: Doctor Zhivago 1965 Director: David Lean Starring: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie     Isadora 1968 Director: Karel Reisz Starring:…

Le Vieux Musicien (1862)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Vieux Musicien (The Old Musician) 1862 Oil on canvas, 187.4 x 248.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In a review of the 1846 Salon, poet and critic Charles Baudelaire urged artists to depict “the heroism…

Ennio Morricone

(1928–2020) Works: • Greatest Hits Filmography as Composer: Addio fratello crudele 1971 Director: Giuseppe Patroni Griffi Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Oliver Tobias     La donna della domenica 1975 Director: Luigi Comencini Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Jacqueline Bisset     L’eredità Ferramonti 1976 Director: Mauro Bolognini…

Armando Trovajoli

(1917–2013) Works: • The Best of Armando Trovajoli (Vol. 1) Filmography as Composer: I mostri 1963 Director: Dino Risi Starring: Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman     Matrimonio all’italiana 1964 Director: Vittorio De Sica Starring: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni    …

Richard Wagner

(1813–1883) Wilhelm Richard Wagner Works: • Das Rheingold (The Ring of the Nibelung) (1869) • Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) (1843) • Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Master-Singers of Nuremberg) (1868) • Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) (1870) • Götterdämmerung…

Robert Schumann

(1810–1856) Robert Alexander Schumann Works: • Carnaval (1834-1835) • Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 (1850) • Davidsbündlertänze (1837) • Dichterliebe “A Poet’s Love” (1840) • Fantasie in C, Op.17 (1839) • Kreisleriana (1838) • Piano Concerto in A…

Björn Andrésen

(1955) Filmography as Actor: Morte a Venezia 1971 Director: Luchino Visconti Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Silvana Mangano     Born January 26 1955 Stockholm (Sweden) Occupation Actor Musician