Albert Hay Malotte

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Albert Hay Malotte (born May 19, 1895 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † November 16, 1964 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American pianist , organist , composer and educator.

Malotte studied with WS Stansfield and later in Paris with Gordon Jacob . He started out as an organist but then moved to Hollywood , where he spent most of his time. He wrote the music for over 50 films from the 1930s and early 1940s.

However, his most famous work is a setting of the Lord's Prayer ( "The Lord's Prayer") from the year 1935. The attention is paid today by classical singers and pop singers alike and is present in numerous recordings The work had been initially rejected by publishers Malottes. Eventually the baritone John Charles Thomas added it to his repertoire, which made it famous. In recent years it has been performed at numerous benefit concerts on the occasion of the September 11th celebrations.

The setting of “The Lord's Prayer” is a special masterpiece in many ways. It's pretty simple, melodic, easy to sing, and focuses on the pious content setting. The composition belongs next to "The Beatitudes" and the "23. Psalm ”on the spiritual works of Malotte.

Malotte's secular songs, such as "Ferdinand the Bull" (from the 1938 Disney film of the same name , directed by Dick Rickard), "For my mother" (based on a poem by a twelve-year-old boy) and "I'm proud to be an American" are less known today. Some of his work is collected in the University of California Library in Los Angeles. Malotte's grave is in Hollywood Hill Cemetery.

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SURNAME Malotte, Albert Hay
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician, composer
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 1964
Place of death Los Angeles , California