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: Not to be confused with the actor Victor Sen Yung who was sometimes billed as Victor Young Refimprove|date=September 2010Infobox musical artist| name = Victor Young | image = Victor Young.jpg | caption = Victor Young | image_size = | background = non_performing_personnel | birth_name = Victor Young | alias = | birth_date = birth date|1900|8|8|mf=y| death_date = death date and age|1956|11|10|1900|8|8|death_place = Palm Springs, California , United States | origin = Chicago , Illinois , United States | instrument = | genre = | occupation = Composer , arranger , violin ist, Conductor (music)|conductor | years_active = | label = | associated_acts = | website = Victor Young (August 8, 1900& nbsp;– November 10, 1956)cite book|last=Slonimsky|first=Nicolas|title=Baker's Biographical dictionary of musicians|year=1978|publisher=Schirmer Books|location=New York|isbn=0028702409|edition=6th|page=1929|chapter=Young, Victor was an American composer , arranger , violin ist and Conductor (music)|conductor . He was born in Chicago, Illinois|Chicago .
Biography
Young was born in Chicago on 8 August 1900 into a very musical family, his father being a member of one Joseph Sheehan’s touring Opera company. The young Victor began playing violin at the age of six, and was sent over to Poland when he was ten to stay with his grandfather and study at Warsaw Imperial Conservatory, achieving the Diploma of Merit. He studied the piano with Isidor Philipp of the Paris Conservatory . While still a teenager he embarked on a career as a concert violinist with the Warsaw Philharmonic under Julius Wertheim before returning to Chicago in 1920 to join the orchestra at Central Park Casino. He then went to Los Angeles to join his Polish fiancée, finding employment first as a fiddler in impresario Sid Grauman's Million Dollar Theatre Orchestra then going on to be appointed concert-master for Paramount-Publix Theatres. In the mid-1930s he moved to Hollywood where he concentrated on films, recordings of light music and providing backing for popular singers, including Bing Crosby . His composer credits include " When I Fall In Love (song)|When I Fall in Love ," " Blue Star (song)|Blue Star (The 'Medic' Theme)," "Moonlight Serenade (Summer Love)" from the motion picture The Star (1952 film)|The Star (1952), "Sweet Sue," "Can't We Talk It Over," " Street of Dreams (1932 song)|Street of Dreams ," " Love Letters (song)|Love Letters ," " Around the World (1956 song)|Around the World ," " My Foolish Heart (song)|My Foolish Heart ," "Golden Earrings," " Stella by Starlight ", "Delilah", " Johnny Guitar " and " I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You ."
Records
Young was signed to Brunswick Records|Brunswick in 1931 where his studio groups recorded scores of popular dance music, waltzes and semi-classics through 1934. His studio groups often contained some of the best jazz musicians in New York, including Bunny Berigan , Tommy Dorsey , Jimmy Dorsey , Joe Venuti , Arthur Schutt , Eddie Lang , and others. He used first-rate vocalists, including Paul Small , Dick Robertson (singer)|Dick Robertson , Harlan Lattimore , Smith Ballew , Helen Rowland (singer)|Helen Rowland , Frank Munn , The Boswell Sisters , Lee Wiley and others. One of his most interesting recordings was the January 22, 1932 session containing songs written by Herman Hupfeld "Goopy Geer" and "Down The Old Back Road", which Hupfeld sang and played piano on (his only two known vocals).
In late 1934, Young signed with Decca Records|Decca and continued recording in New York until mid-1936, when he relocated to Los Angeles.
Radio and films
On radio, he was the musical director of Harvest of Stars . He was musical director for many of Bing Crosby 's recordings for the American branch of Decca Records . For Decca, he also conducted the first album of songs from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz , a sort of "pre-soundtrack" cover version rather than a true soundtrack album . The album featured Judy Garland and the Ken Darby Singers singing songs from the film in Young's own arrangements. He also composed the music for several Decca spoken word album s.
He received 22 Academy Awards|Academy Award nominations for his work in film, twice being nominated four times in a single year, but he did not win during his lifetime. He received his only Oscar posthumously for his score of Around the World in Eighty Days (1956 film)|Around the World in Eighty Days (1956). His other scores include Golden Boy (film)|Golden Boy (1939), For Whom the Bell Tolls (film)|For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), Love Letters (1945 film)|Love Letters (1945), So Evil My Love (1948), Samson and Delilah (1949 film)|Samson and Delilah (1949), Our Very Own (1950 film)|Our Very Own (1950), My Favorite Spy (1951), Payment on Demand (1951), The Quiet Man (1952), Scaramouche (1952 film)|Scaramouche (1952), Something to Live For (film)|Something to Live For (1952), Shane (film)|Shane (1953), A Man Alone (film)|A Man Alone (1955), and Written on the Wind (1956).
Young also composed "The Call of the Faraway Hills," used as the theme for the U.S. television series Shane.
As an occasional bit player, Young can be glimpsed briefly in The Country Girl (1954 film)|The Country Girl (1954) playing a recording studio leader conducting Crosby while he tapes "You've Got What It Takes". His last film score was for Omar Khayyam (film)|Omar Khayyam , starring Cornel Wilde , filmed in 1956 and released by Paramount Pictures|Paramount in 1957 after Young's death.
Young died in Palm Springs, California after a cerebral hemorrhage at age 56. He is interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, CA. His family donated his artefacts and memorabilia (including his Oscar) to Brandeis University , where they are housed today.cite web |title=Brandeis Special Collections |work=Victor Young Collection|accessdate=2008-05-30 |url= http://brandeisspecialcollections.blogspot.com/2008/04/victor-young-collection-39-linear-feet.html
Broadway
Murder at the Vanities (1933) - Musical theater|musical - contributing composer
Blackbirds of 1933 (1933) - revue - featured songwriter
Winged Victory (play)|Winged Victory (1944) - Play (theatre)|play - performer for the role of "Lee"
Arms and the Girl (1950) - musical - performer for the role of "Son of Liberty"
Pardon Our French (1950) - revue - composer
Seventh Heaven (1955) - musical - composer
Sources
Young, Victor. Cinema Rhapsodies: The Musical Genius of Victor Young Ontario: (Hit Parade Records, 2006).
References
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External links
Portal|Biography
http://findaid.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf796nb4d2 Victor Young Collection of Television Music. UCLA. Performing Arts Special Collections, findaid.oac.cdlib.org.
IMDb name|82|Victor Young
http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp? ID=12609 Victor Young at the Internet Broadway Database , ibdb.com
http://victoryoung.czechian.net/indexeng.php Victor Young's Web, victoryoung.czechian.net
Find a Grave|8003
http://archon.brandeis.edu/? p=collections/findingaid& id=66 Victor Young Collection at Brandeis University
AcademyAwardBestOriginalScore 1941-1960Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score 1947–1969 Persondata | NAME = Young, Victor | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = American composer | DATE OF BIRTH = August 8, 1900 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = November 10, 1956 | PLACE OF DEATH = Palm Springs, California , United States DEFAULTSORT:Young, Victor Category:1899 births Category:1956 deaths Category:American composers Category:American film score composers Category:Best Original Music Score Academy Award winners Category:American violinists Category:Burials at Hollywood Forever Cemetery Category:Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees Category:Decca Records artists
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