Adolph Deutsch
Adolph Sender Charles Deutsch (20 October 1897 – 1 January 1980) was a British-American composer, conductor and arranger. Born in London, England, he emigrated to the United States in 1911, and settled in Buffalo, New York. His parents, Alex (Alexander) Deutsch and Dena née Gerst, were German Jews. In 1914, Deutsch was "a Buffalo movie house musician", accompanying silent films. Deutsch began his composing career on Broadway in the 1920s and 1930s, and arranged for several American dance bands such as Paul Whiteman and Paul Ash before working for Hollywood films beginning in the late 1930s. For Broadway, he orchestrated Irving Berlin's As Thousands Cheer and George and Ira Gershwin's Pardon My English. Deutsch won Oscars for his background music for Oklahoma! (1955), and for conducting the music for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) and Annie Get Your Gun (1950). He was nominated for The Band Wagon (1953) and the 1951 film version of Show Boat, for which he conducted the orchestra. For Broadway and Hollywood, he conducted, composed and arranged music, but did not write songs, not even for the Broadway shows on which he worked. In addition to his music for westerns and his conducting of the scores for musicals, Deutsch composed for films noir, including The Mask of Dimitrios (1944), The Maltese Falcon (1941), and Nobody Lives Forever (1946), as well as Little Women (the 1949 adaptation), and the Billy Wilder comedies Some Like It Hot (1959), and The Apartment (1960). His final film was Go Naked in the World. Deutsch died of heart failure on 1 January 1980. |
Birth and Death Data: Born October 20, 1897 (London), Died January 1, 1980 (Palm Desert)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1928 - 1936
Roles Represented in DAHR: director, composer
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Recordings (Results 26-38 of 38 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-98183 | 10-in. | 12/2/1935 | I'm the echo (You're the song that I sing) | King’s Men ; Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quartet | director | |
Victor | BS-98184 | 10-in. | 12/2/1935 | I got love | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | director | |
Victor | BS-99057 | 10-in. | 2/6/1936 | The wheel of the wagon is broken | Bob Lawrence ; Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Victor | BS-99058 | 10-in. | 2/6/1936 | Awake in a dream | Ken Darby ; Paul Whiteman Orchestra ; Ramona | Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet | director | |
Victor | BS-99059 | 10-in. | 2/6/1936 | What's the name of that song? | Johnny Hauser ; Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Victor | BS-99060 | 10-in. | 2/6/1936 | Saddle your blues to a wild mustang | King’s Men ; Bob Lawrence ; Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal quartet | director | |
Victor | BS-99061 | 10-in. | 2/6/1936 | Look for the silver lining | King’s Men ; Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quartet | director | |
Victor | BS-99062 | 10-in. | 2/6/1936 | Wah-hoo | Durelle Alexander ; Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | director | |
Victor | BS-99877 | 10-in. | 3/13/1936 | It's got to be love | Johnny Hauser ; Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Victor | BS-99878 | 10-in. | 3/13/1936 | There's a small hotel | Durelle Alexander ; Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Victor | BS-99879 | 10-in. | 3/13/1936 | Gloomy Sunday | Johnny Hauser ; Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Columbia | W145822 | 10-in. | 3/21/1928 | Salty | Paul Ash Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | W145823 | 10-in. | 3/21/1928 | Deep blue | Paul Ash Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Deutsch, Adolph," accessed November 2, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/105219.
Deutsch, Adolph. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 2, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/105219.
"Deutsch, Adolph." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Deutsch, Adolph, 1897-1980 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85378830
Wikidata: Adolph Deutsch - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q365310
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/76499868
MusicBrainz: Adolph Deutsch - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c2a3945a-6b41-496f-8072-7efe10a5c561
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