Laurence Rosenthal (born November 4, 1926) is an American composer, arranger, and conductor for theater, television, film, and the concert hall.

Biography

Born in

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, Rosenthal attended the

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, where he studied

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

and

composition Composition or Compositions may refer to: Arts and literature *Composition (dance), practice and teaching of choreography *Composition (language), in literature and rhetoric, producing a work in spoken tradition and written discourse, to include v ...

. He then studied in

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with

Nadia Boulanger Juliette Nadia Boulanger (; 16 September 188722 October 1979) was a French music teacher and conductor. She taught many of the leading composers and musicians of the 20th century, and also performed occasionally as a pianist and organist. From a ...

. Among his best-known film scores are ''

A Raisin in the Sun ''A Raisin in the Sun'' is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959. The title comes from the poem "Harlem" (also known as "A Dream Deferred") by Langston Hughes. The story tells of a black family's experiences in south Chi ...

'', ''

The Miracle Worker ''The Miracle Worker'' refers to a broadcast, a play and various other adaptations of Helen Keller's 1903 autobiography '' The Story of My Life''. The first of these works was a 1957 ''Playhouse 90'' broadcast written by William Gibson and st ...

'', ''

Becket ''Becket or The Honour of God'' (french: Becket ou l'honneur de Dieu) is a 1959 play written in French by Jean Anouilh. It is a depiction of the conflict between Thomas Becket and King Henry II of England leading to Becket's assassination in 117 ...

'', '' The Island of Dr. Moreau'', '' Clash of the Titans'', '' The Return of a Man Called Horse'' and ''

Meetings with Remarkable Men ''Meetings with Remarkable Men, autobiographical in nature, is the second volume of the ''All and Everything'' trilogy written by the Greek-Armenian spiritual teacher G. I. Gurdjieff. Gurdjieff started working on the Russian manuscript in 1927, ...

''. Rosenthal's

Broadway Broadway may refer to: Theatre * Broadway Theatre (disambiguation) * Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S. ** Broadway (Manhattan), the street **Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...

arranging credits include ''

The Music Man ''The Music Man'' is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson, based on a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey. The plot concerns con man Harold Hill, who poses as a boys' band organizer and leader and sells band instruments and ...

'' and ''

Donnybrook! ''Donnybrook!'' is a musical, with music and lyrics by Johnny Burke and book by Robert E. McEnroe. It is based on the 1952 film ''The Quiet Man''. Production ''Donnybrook!'' opened on Broadway at the 46th Street Theatre on May 18, 1961 and c ...

''. He composed for ''

Sherry! ''Sherry!'' is a musical with a book and lyrics by James Lipton and music by Laurence Rosenthal. The musical is based on the 1939 George S. Kaufman-Moss Hart play ''The Man Who Came to Dinner''. In 1967, following a short run on Broadway and poo ...

'', ''

A Patriot for Me ''A Patriot for Me'' is a 1965 play by the English playwright John Osborne, based on the true story of Alfred Redl. The controversial refusal of a performance licence by the Lord Chamberlain's Office played a role in the passage of the Theatres ...

'' and ''

Take Me Along ''Take Me Along'' is a 1959 musical based on the 1933 Eugene O'Neill play '' Ah, Wilderness'', with music and lyrics by Bob Merrill and book by Joseph Stein and Robert Russell.Mandelbaum, Ke"Ken Mandelbaum's Musicals On Disc: Remembering Bob Me ...

'' (dance music only). His daughter is the distinguished stem-cell scientist

Nadia Rosenthal Nadia A. Rosenthal FMedSci is a scientist who specializes in heart development related research. Rosenthal began her undergraduate degree at the University of Wales and then transferred to Harvard. She received her PhD from Harvard Medical School ...

Filmography

Awards

Rosenthal has also been nominated for two

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and two

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s. He has won seven

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s and been nominated for an additional six more.

Academy Awards

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Man of La Mancha ''Man of La Mancha'' is a 1965 musical with a book by Dale Wasserman, music by Mitch Leigh, and lyrics by Joe Darion. It is adapted from Wasserman's non-musical 1959 teleplay ''I, Don Quixote'', which was in turn inspired by Miguel de Cervantes ...

'' , Best Song Score and Adaptation ,

Emmy Awards

, + Primetime Emmys , - , rowspan=2 , 1966 , rowspan=2 , ''Michelangelo: The Last Giant'' , Individual Achievements in Music - Conducting , , - , Individual Achievements in Music - Individual Achievements in Music - Composition , , - , 1974 , ''Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John'' , Best Music Composition - For a Special Program , , - , 1982 , ''The Letter'' , Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) , , - , 1983 , ''

Who Will Love My Children? ''Who Will Love My Children?'' is a 1983 American made-for-television biographical film based on the life of Lucile Fray. Lucile Fray was diagnosed with cancer in 1952 and wanted to find suitable homes for her ten children, since she felt her hu ...

'' , Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) , , - , 1986 , ''

Peter the Great Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...

'' , Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) , , - , 1987 , '' Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna'' , Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) , , - , 1988 , '' The Bourne Identity'' , Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) , , - , 1992 , ''

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles'' is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 4, 1992, to July 24, 1993. Filming took place in various locations around the world, with "Old Indy" bookend segments filmed in Wilmington, North ...

'' , Outstanding Individual Achievement in Main Title Theme Music , , - , 1993 , ''

'' (For episode "Vienna, 1908") , Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) , , - , 1994 , ''

'' (For episode "Ireland, 1916") , Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) , , - , 1995 , '' The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies'' , Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) , , - , 1997 , '' The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father'' , Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) , , -

Golden Globe Awards

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, "Rain Falls Anywhere It Wants To" (from ''The African Elephant'') ,

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References

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* * * Living people 1926 births American male composers 21st-century American composers Eastman School of Music alumni Emmy Award winners Musicians from Detroit 21st-century American male musicians La-La Land Records artists {{composer-stub Students of George Gurdjieff