Harold Geller (1916-2005) was an Australian-born American conductor and composer.
Early life
Harold Geller was born on February 23, 1916, in Sydney, Australia.
Career
Geller was a conductor for the
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London, that performs and produces primarily classic works.
The RPO was established by Thomas Beecham in 1946. In its early days, the orchestra secured profitable ...
in London.
He subsequently composed music for films like ''
Trio'', ''
Jungle Street'', ''
Fury at Smugglers' Bay'' and ''
The Mistress''. His music was also featured in ''
Velvet'', a Spanish television series, in 2014–2015. Harold Geller spent most of his career in Great Britain, giving hundreds of broadcasts for the BBC with his fourteen piece orchestra in programmes such as 'Music While You Work' and 'Morning Music'. He composed many light orchestral pieces as well as a concerto for mandolin and orchestra featuring Hugo D'Alton (one of Britain's top mandolin players). He recorded an album conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra entitled "Play For You" for Pye Records. During the 1970s, he worked for Chappell Music Publishers in London as a promotion man for their music and song catalogue.
Personal life
With his wife Ruth, Geller has a son,
Laurence Geller, who is a real estate investor, author and philanthropist,
and a daughter, Roslynn Marre.
They resided in
Las Vegas, Nevada.
Geller became a
Freemason
Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 13th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities ...
.
Death
Geller died on February 27, 2005, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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1916 births
2005 deaths
Musicians from Sydney
Musicians from Las Vegas
Australian emigrants to the United States
American male conductors (music)
American composers
American male composers
20th-century American conductors (music)
20th-century American male musicians
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