Nathaniel Shilkret

Nathaniel Shilkret

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nathaniel Shilkret (December 25, 1889 – February 18, 1982) was an American composer, conductor, clarinetist, pianist, business executive, and music director. Shilkret was born in New York City to a musical family of Austrian immigrants. His father played a number of instruments, and made certain that Nat and his three brothers were all accomplished musicians at an early age. Nathaniel Shilkret's brother-in-law, Nathaniel Finston, was violinist in many organizations in his youth and was musical director for Paramount and later for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, at one time being Nathaniel Shilkret's boss. Shilkret moved to Los Angeles in late 1935 and there contributed music scores and musical direction for a string of Hollywood films for RKO (as musical director from 1935—1937), Walter Lantz Productions (one of the studio's musical directors during 1937) and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (as a musical director from 1942—1946). His films included Mary of Scotland (1936), Swing Time (1936), The Plough and the Stars, and Shall We Dance? (1937) and several films of Laurel and Hardy. He also received an Oscar nomination for his work scoring the film version of Maxwell Anderson's stage drama Winterset (1936). In 1939, he conducted a group of soloists (including tenor Jan Peerce) and the Victor Symphony Orchestra for RCA Victor's multi-disc tribute to Victor Herbert, which were recorded following a special NBC radio broadcast, and he recorded a number of other albums in 1939 and 1940. Due to a serious abdominal operation for cancer removal, he did not conduct for most of 1941. In 1944–45, Shilkret led the collaborative project that created Genesis Suite, a work for narrator, chorus, and orchestra based on the events in the biblical Book of Genesis. This collaboration involved Shilkret, plus six other composers who immigrated to the United States from Europe – most of whom were Jewish – contributing one movement each: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Darius Milhaud, Arnold Schoenberg, Igor Stravinsky, Alexandre Tansman and Ernst Toch. Shilkret tried to involve also Béla Bartók into the collaborative project, but this was unsuccessful. He worked at RKO-Pathe, making short films from 1946 through the mid-1950s. During this same period he recorded at least 260 transcriptions for SESAC. He was the pit orchestra conductor for the Broadway show Paris '90 in 1952. He lived in his son's home in Franklin Square, NY, from the mid-1950s until his death in 1982 and was a Great Uncle of actress Julie Warner.

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  • Tê zanîn: Sound
  • Rojbûn: 1889-12-25
  • Min jî birîya te Kirîye: New York City, New York, USA
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  • Jî Weke Naskirî ye: Naftule Schüldkraut , Nat Shilkret
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  • 1925
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    Franz Liszt

    Franz Liszt

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  • 1932
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    It Happened in Paris

    It Happened in Paris

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  • 1939
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    Yankee Doodle Home

    Yankee Doodle Home

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  • 1938
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    Condemned Women

    Condemned Women

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  • 1946
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    The Hoodlum Saint

    The Hoodlum Saint

    5.2 1946 HD

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  • 1937
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    Border Cafe

    Border Cafe

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  • 1934
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    Social Register

    Social Register

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  • 1925
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    Franz Liszt

    Franz Liszt

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  • 1951
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    Flying Padre

    Flying Padre

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  • 1939
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    One Third of a Nation

    One Third of a Nation

    5.8 1939 HD

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  • 1946
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    Faithful in My Fashion

    Faithful in My Fashion

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  • 1945
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    She Went to the Races

    She Went to the Races

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    Nothing But Trouble

    Nothing But Trouble

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  • 1937
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    Hitting a New High

    Hitting a New High

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  • 1936
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    Winterset

    Winterset

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  • 1943
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    Hitler's Madman

    Hitler's Madman

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  • 1936
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    That Girl from Paris

    That Girl from Paris

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  • 1949
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    The Boy and the Eagle

    The Boy and the Eagle

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  • 1930
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    Blotto

    Blotto

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  • 1937
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    Breakfast for Two

    Breakfast for Two

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  • 1936
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    The Bohemian Girl

    The Bohemian Girl

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  • 1947
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    Forgotten Island

    Forgotten Island

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  • 1936
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    Mary of Scotland

    Mary of Scotland

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  • 1943
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    Don't You Believe It

    Don't You Believe It

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  • 1931
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    I am from Siam

    I am from Siam

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  • 1944
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    A Lady Fights Back

    A Lady Fights Back

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  • 1944
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    Dark Shadows

    Dark Shadows

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  • 1930
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    When the Wind Blows

    When the Wind Blows

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    When the Wind Blows

    When the Wind Blows

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  • 1943
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    To My Unborn Son

    To My Unborn Son

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    Lost in a Harem

    Lost in a Harem

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    Nostradamus IV

    Nostradamus IV

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  • 1941
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    Jungle Cavalcade

    Jungle Cavalcade

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  • 1943
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    Heavenly Music

    Heavenly Music

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  • 1947
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    The Big Party

    The Big Party

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  • 1943
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    That's Why I Left You

    That's Why I Left You

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    This Is Tomorrow

    This Is Tomorrow

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  • 1936
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    Walking on Air

    Walking on Air

    5.8 1936 HD

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  • 1937
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    Shall We Dance

    Shall We Dance

    7.2 1937 HD

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  • 1932
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    Skyscraper Souls

    Skyscraper Souls

    5.6 1932 HD

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  • 1944
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    Return from Nowhere

    Return from Nowhere

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  • 1937
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    The Toast of New York

    The Toast of New York

    5.8 1937 HD

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  • 1943
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    Trifles That Win Wars

    Trifles That Win Wars

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  • 1934
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    Ireland: 'The Emerald Isle'

    Ireland: 'The Emerald Isle'

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  • 1945
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    It Looks Like Rain

    It Looks Like Rain

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  • 1937
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    The Soldier and the Lady

    The Soldier and the Lady

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    The Soldier and the Lady

    The Soldier and the Lady

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  • 1928
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    The Battle of the Sexes

    The Battle of the Sexes

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  • 1943
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    Ode to Victory

    Ode to Victory

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    Dorothy & the Wizard in Oz

    Dorothy & the Wizard in Oz

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  • 1937
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    Serene Siam

    Serene Siam

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    Swing Time

    Swing Time

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  • 1944
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    Grandpa Called It Art

    Grandpa Called It Art

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  • 1937
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    Music for Madame

    Music for Madame

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    Music for Madame

    Music for Madame

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  • 1943
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    Storm

    Storm

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  • 1934
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    Holland in Tulip Time

    Holland in Tulip Time

    6 1934 HD

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  • 1943
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    Nursery Rhyme Mysteries

    Nursery Rhyme Mysteries

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  • 1938
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    Singapore and Jahore

    Singapore and Jahore

    6.3 1938 HD

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    Above Suspicion

    Above Suspicion

    6.4 1943 HD

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  • 1937
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    Rocky Mountain Grandeur

    Rocky Mountain Grandeur

    4 1937 HD

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  • 1935
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    Honolulu: The Paradise of the Pacific

    Honolulu: The Paradise of the Pacific

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  • 1944
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    Blonde Fever

    Blonde Fever

    4.4 1944 HD

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  • 1935
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    Los Angeles: 'Wonder City of the West'

    Los Angeles: 'Wonder City of the West'

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    Los Angeles: 'Wonder City of the West'

    Los Angeles: 'Wonder City of the West'

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  • 1942
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    The Falcon Takes Over

    The Falcon Takes Over

    6 1942 HD

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  • 1934
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    Switzerland the Beautiful

    Switzerland the Beautiful

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1937
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    Hong Kong: 'The Hub of the Orient'

    Hong Kong: 'The Hub of the Orient'

    6 1937 HD

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  • 1936
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    The Plough and the Stars

    The Plough and the Stars

    5.6 1936 HD

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  • 1932
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    It Happened in Paris

    It Happened in Paris

    1 1932 HD

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