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    Address 6533 Hollywood Blvd.

    Ceremony date 02/08/1960

About
Morton Gould
Born:
1913-12-10,
Richmond Hill,
New York,
USA
Education:
Institute of Music Art
Ethnicity:
NA
Death Date:
-0001-11-30
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Morton Gould

Morton Gould was an American composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist.

Born in Richmond Hill, New York, Gould was recognized early as a child prodigy with abilities in improvisation and composition. His first composition was published at age six. Gould studied at the Institute of Musical Art, although his most important teachers were Abby Whiteside and Vincent Jones.

During the Depression, Gould, while a teenager, worked in New York City playing piano in movie theaters, as well as with vaudeville acts. When Radio City Music Hall opened, Gould was hired as the staff pianist. By 1935, he was conducting and arranging orchestral programs for New York’s WOR radio station, where he reached a national audience via the Mutual Broadcasting System, combining popular programming with classical music.

In the 1940s, Gould appeared on the Cresta Blanca Carnival program as well as The Chrysler Hour on CBS where he reached an audience of millions.

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