Jay Blackton

Jay Blackton (born March 25, 1909 as Jay Schwartzdorf in New York City , † January 8, 1994 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American conductor .

Life

Blackton graduated from the Juilliard School and from 1927 worked as an assistant conductor at the New York Opera Comique. From 1937 to 1942 he was engaged at the St. Louis Municipal Opera. There he was discovered by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein , from which a long Broadway career grew. He was also on the musical Oklahoma! involved, for whose cinematic implementation he won the Oscar in the category "Best Film Music" in 1956 together with Robert Russell Bennett and Adolph Deutsch . In the same year he was nominated together with Cyril J. Mockridge for another Oscar in the same category for the music for the comedy Schwere Jungs - Leicht Mädchen .

In the 1960s he worked at the New York State Theater.

Blackton was married and had two children.

personal data
SURNAME	Blackton, Jay
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schwartzdorf, Jay (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American conductor
DATE OF BIRTH	March 25, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York City
DATE OF DEATH	January 8, 1994
Place of death	Los Angeles , California , United States