Dolores Claman

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Dolores Claman (born July 6, 1927 in Vancouver ) is a Canadian composer .

Life

Claman first studied piano in her hometown and then composition at the University of Southern California ; on the advice of Lawrence Tibbett , she went to the renowned Juilliard School of Music to study piano and composition, for which she received a scholarship. Appeared in the early 1950s with the ballet Le Rêve and the musical comedy Timber! first stage works. After moving to London, Claman worked for Independent Television and West End theaters ; in Great Britain she also met her future husband, the songwriter Richard Morris , with whom she moved to Toronto in 1958 and over the course of almost 40 years created over three thousand jingles for advertising.

In 1963 the musical Mr. Scrooge after Charles Dickens was released ; 1968 the television piece In the Klondike . Works for films, documentaries and television programs followed. In 1967, Claman wrote A Place to Stand (also known as Ontari-ari-ario ) for the Oscar- winning short film of the same name for Expo 67 . The following year, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation produced The Hockey Theme for the presentation of the ice hockey league on television, which over the years developed into the “second anthem of Canada”. In 2004 Claman went to court against CBC, who had provided the piece as a ringtone. In 2010 the piece was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame . In 1969, Claman wrote Look Out World for the Canada Games .

Between 1965 and 1970, Claman formed the Quartet Productions with her husband and brothers Jerry and Rudy Toth , who worked as arrangers .

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Jones: Country's heirloom reflects on Lightning . In: St. Petersburg Times , November 5, 2005. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
  2. ↑ Kemp Barristers: The Hockey Night In Canada Theme Song . In: Plaintiff Legal Counsel's Case Summary , July 19, 2006. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Claman, Dolores
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian composer
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Vancouver