Gershon Kingsley ( Eng. Gershon Kingsley ), real name Götz Gustav Ksinski ( German Götz Gustav Ksinski [4] ; born October 28, 1922 , Bochum ) - German - American composer [4] , one of pioneers of electronic music in the 1970s and one of the first performers on the Mug synthesizer . Best known as the author of the instrumental composition " Popcorn " [4] , first recorded in 1969 ; Kingsley is also known as a long-term partner of Jean-Jacques Perry .
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Kingsley's range of activities is extensive in genre terms; this includes music for film and television [5] , “ classical ” chamber works [6] and compositions for Jewish ceremonies, written under the influence of rock music [7] ; Kingsley has repeatedly performed as conductor and arranger of a number of Broadway musicals [8] . Kingsley’s work was honored with two Clio awards, a Tony prize nomination for Best Conductor and Musical Director [9], and a special prize from the Bob Moog Foundation [10] .
Selected Works
- Albums
- 1966 - The In Sound from Way Out!
- 1967 - Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Spotlight on the Moog
- 1969 - Music to Moog By
- 1970 - First Moog Quartet
- 1970 - Switched-On Gershwin
- 1991 - The Essential Perrey and Kingsley
- 2005 - Voices from the Shadow
- 2006 - God Is a Moog
- 2007 - Vanguard Visionaries: Perrey and Kingsley
- 2009 - Silent Night, Bloody Night
- Movie music
- 1969 - " Song of Sam "
- 1970 - The Dreamer
- 1972 - " Silent Night, Bloody Night "
- 1973 - Sugar Cookies
- On the screen
In 2016, Gershon Kingsley appeared on the screen in the Popcorn International Animation Jam session, shot on his eponymous tune and timed to coincide with the II Icarus National Animation Award ceremony .
Notes
- ↑ Internet Movie Database - 1990.
- ↑ SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ Internet Broadway Database - 2000.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Dave Graham. Pop pioneer hails Germany despite Holocaust misery // Reuters . - 2010 .-- April 19. - Date of appeal: 03/15/2017.
- ↑ Film Video TV . Gershonkingsley.com . Date of treatment March 15, 2017. Archived on April 14, 2004.
- ↑ Priit Kuusk. Première of Kingsley's “Raoul”, conducted by Tarmo Vaask . emic.ee. Eesti Muusika Infokeskus (March 10, 2008). Date of appeal March 15, 2017.
- ↑ Jon Caramanica . Funny, It Doesn't Sound Jewish , The New York Times (August 21, 2005). Date of appeal March 15, 2017.
- ↑ The Broadway League. Gershon Kingsley - Broadway Cast & Staff . Internet Broadway Database. Date of appeal March 15, 2017.
- ↑ 1959 Tony Award Winners . BroadwayWorld.com . Wisdom Digital Media. Date of appeal March 15, 2017.
- ↑ Moog Music Announces “The Bob” Award Winners . weimprovise.com (September 21, 2007). Date of treatment March 15, 2017. Archived on September 2, 2011.
Links
- gershonkingsley.com - the official website of Gershon Kingsley
- Gershon Kingsley | Oral Histories . namm.org . National Association of Music Merchants (September 14, 2005). Date of treatment April 5, 2017.