Sidney Fine (composer)

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Sidney Fine
Born(1904-12-25)December 25, 1904
Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedMay 20, 2002(2002-05-20) (aged 97)
Burbank, California, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Connecticut
Alma materCity College of New York
OccupationOrchestrator, television composer
Years active1920's - 1999
Spouse(s)
Rose Mishkin
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(m. before 2000)​
Children2

Sidney Fine (December 25, 1904 - May 20, 2002) was an American orchestrator and television composer.

Career[]

Fine started his career, as an orchestrator playing the piano in silent movie theaters.[1]

In 1930s-1950s, Fine moved to Los Angeles, California to study with composer, Arnold Schoenberg.[2]

In 1950s-1970s, Fine moved to New York, to arrange for an radio show. He worked on The Jack Benny Program, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show and The Dinah Shore Show.[3] In 1957, he was nominated for an Primetime Emmy for Best Musical Contribution for Television.[4][5]

In 1999, Fine worked on a Michael Jackson album Seeing Voices, which was a tribute to Fine's son, who died of an brain disease in 1975.[6]

Death[]

Fine died in May 2002 of pneumonia at the Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California, at the age of 97.[7][8]

References[]

  1. ^ A History of Television's The Virginian, 1962-1971. McFarland. January 10, 2014. p. 219. ISBN 9780786457991.
  2. ^ A Call to Assembly (The Autobiography of a Musical Storyteller). Viking. 1991. p. 328. ISBN 9780670838004.
  3. ^ "Sidney Fine (Aged 97)". Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  4. ^ "Sidney Fine". Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  5. ^ "Sidney Fine, 97; Veteran Composer, Arranger for TV, Films, Broadway". Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  6. ^ Man in the Music (The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. 2019. p. 457. ISBN 9780525566571.
  7. ^ "Sidney Fine Obituary (1904 - 2002) - Los Angeles Times". Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  8. ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths FINE, SIDNEY". Retrieved April 25, 2021.

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