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| + | Harry Breuer, one of the great mallet players and composer of highly original xylophone solos such as "Back Talk," "On the Woodpile" and "Bit O' Rhythm," achieved fame in the 1920s when he was a soloist in the big United States movie houses. He broadcasted from New York's Roxy Theater, played the major radio shows during the 1920s and '30s, recorded for Warner Bros. and Fox Movietone, and finally joined the NBC radio staff where he played for such conductors as Robert Russell Bennett and Skitch Henderson. In the 1940s and 1950s Breuer was featured in several films, and during the 1950s he recorded four feature record albums including Mallet Magic. Leaving broadcasting in the 1960s, he continued as a freelance artist and joined Carroll Sound in New York as a consultant.<ref>http://www.pas.org/experience/halloffame/BreuerHarry.aspx</ref> | ||
== Works for Percussion == | == Works for Percussion == | ||
Revision as of 14:23, 18 February 2012
Biography
Born: October 24, 1901
Died: June 22, 1989 Brightwater, New York
Country: Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.
Studies: New York Academy of Music; elected to Percussive Arts Society "Hall of Fame" (1980)
Teachers:
Harry Breuer, one of the great mallet players and composer of highly original xylophone solos such as "Back Talk," "On the Woodpile" and "Bit O' Rhythm," achieved fame in the 1920s when he was a soloist in the big United States movie houses. He broadcasted from New York's Roxy Theater, played the major radio shows during the 1920s and '30s, recorded for Warner Bros. and Fox Movietone, and finally joined the NBC radio staff where he played for such conductors as Robert Russell Bennett and Skitch Henderson. In the 1940s and 1950s Breuer was featured in several films, and during the 1950s he recorded four feature record albums including Mallet Magic. Leaving broadcasting in the 1960s, he continued as a freelance artist and joined Carroll Sound in New York as a consultant.[1]
Works for Percussion
Back Talk - Xylophone; Marimba; Marimba Quartet
Bit O'Rhythm - Xylophone; Piano
Blue Tid Bit - Xylophone; Marimba Trio
Boomerang - Xylophone
Chokin' The Bell - Vibraphone
Fiesta Waltz - Xylophone
Four Stick Joe - Xylophone; Marimba Trio
Harry Breuer's Mallet Solo Collection - Xylophone; Piano
Imitation - Vibraphone
Improvisation No.1 - Marimba
Improvisation No.2 - Marimba
La Cumparsita - Mallets
Minor Movement - Xylophone; Marimba Trio
On the Woodpile - Xylophone; Piano
Powder Puff - Xylophone; Piano
Ragtime Solos - Xylophone; Marimba; Piano
Reminiscing for Vibes - Vibraphone
References