Albert Richard Sendrey
Albert Richard Sendrey , also Albert Richard Szendrei , (born December 26, 1911 in Chicago , † May 18, 2003 in Woodland Hills ( Los Angeles )) was an American composer, conductor and arranger of Austro-Hungarian origin. Sendrey is the son of the Hungarian-born composer, conductor and musicologist Alfred Sendrey . His mother Eugenie (birth name: Eugenie Weisz) worked as a soprano at the Vienna State Opera under Gustav Mahler .
life and work
Sendrey was born into a family of musicians in 1911 during his father's time as a theater conductor in Chicago. He learned from his father and studied at the conservatories in Leipzig and Paris , as well as at the Trinity College of Music in London. He was a student of Albert Coats , John Barbirolli and Henry Geehl . From 1935 to 1937 he worked as an arranger for film companies in Paris and from 1937 to 1944 in London.
Albert Sendrey fled as a Jew from the National Socialists around 1933 with his family, initially to Paris. When the Nazis attacked France in May and June 1940, the family had to flee further to the United States. Here she changed her Hungarian surname “Szendrei” to the Americanized spelling “Sendrey”. Albert Sendrey settled in Hollywood .
Sendrey wrote the ballet Danse d'odalisque , three symphonies, an Oriental Suite for Orchestra (1935), a Toccata and a Fugue for orchestra. He also wrote chamber music: two string quartets, a duo for horn and viola, a divertimento for violoncello, and a concertino for piano. His main area of work as a composer was film and television music. He has created film scores such as The Yearling , A date with Judy , The three Musketeers and television scores such as Riverboat , Laramie , Bonanza . He also wrote for MGM musicals like Peter Pan (New York 1954) and New Faces of 1956 . He also composed special music for night clubs. Sendrey composed, arranged and orchestrated the music for around 170 film and television productions. From 1956 to 1964 he also worked as a pianist and conductor for the pop singer and actor Tony Martin .
literature
- Wilibald Gurlitt, Carl Dahlhaus (ed.): Riemann Music Lexicon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Sendrey, Albert Richard. 12th completely revised edition. 4th / 5th Supplementary volume, personal section L – ZB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1972, p. 634 (first edition: 1882).
- Uwe Harten (Austrian Music Lexicon Online): Alfred Sendrey (there also: Albert Richard Sendrey). Retrieved August 5, 2018 .
- The Independent: Albert Sendrey. June 5, 2003, accessed August 5, 2018 .
- Allmusic: Albert Richard Sendrey. Retrieved August 4, 2018 .
- IMDb: Albert Sendrey. Retrieved August 4, 2018 .
Web links
- Steven Swanson (via: Universität Hamburg: Institute for Historical Musicology): Photo of the Sendrey family with Albert Richard Sendrey. In: Lexicon of persecuted musicians from the Nazi era. Retrieved August 5, 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Obituaries: Albert Sendrey . Article dated June 5, 2003, accessed August 4, 2018.
- ↑ The Riemann Musiklexikon (1972) incorrectly states that Albert Richard Sendrey's date of birth was December 26, 1922.
- ↑ a b Uwe Harten (Austrian Music Lexicon Online): Alfred Sendrey (there: Eugenie Weisz). Retrieved August 5, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sendrey, Albert Richard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sendrey, Albert; Szendrei, Albert Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer, conductor and arranger |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 26, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 18, 2003 |
| Place of death | Woodland Hills ( Los Angeles ) |