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Marvin Hamlisch

Marvin Frederick Hamlisch (June 2, 1944 – August 6, 2012) was an American composer and conductor. He is one of few people to win Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards, a feat dubbed the "EGOT". He and composer Richard Rodgers are the only people to have won those prizes and a Pulitzer Prize ("PEGOT").[1]

Marvin Hamlisch

Marvin Frederick Hamlisch

(1944-06-02)June 2, 1944
New York City, U.S.

August 6, 2012(2012-08-06) (aged 68)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.

  • Composer
  • conductor

Piano

1965–2012

marvinhamlisch.com

Early life[edit]

Hamlisch was born in Manhattan, to Viennese-born Jewish parents Lilly (née Schachter) and Max Hamlisch.[2] His father was an accordionist and bandleader. Hamlisch was a child prodigy; by age five, he began mimicking the piano music he heard on the radio. A few months before he turned seven, in 1951, he was accepted into what is now the Juilliard School Pre-College Division.[3] His favorite musicals growing up were My Fair Lady, Gypsy, West Side Story, and Bye Bye Birdie.[4]

List of people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards

(1989). What They Did for Love: The Untold Story Behind the Making of "A Chorus Line". Bantam. ISBN 978-0553345933.

Flinn, Denny Martin

Viagas, Robert (2006). (2nd ed.). Limelight Editions. ISBN 978-0879103361.

On the Line— The Creation of "A Chorus Line"

Kelly, Kevin (1990). . New York: Doubleday. ISBN 978-0385261258.

One Singular Sensation: The Michael Bennett Story

Mandelbaum, Ken (1990). . New York: St Martins Press. ISBN 978-0312030612.

"A Chorus Line" and the Musicals of Michael Bennett

Hamlisch, Marvin (1992). (1st ed.). Scribner. ISBN 978-0684193274.

The Way I Was

Stevens, Gary (1995). . Applause Books. ISBN 978-1557832214.

The Longest Line: Broadway's Most Singular Sensation: "A Chorus Line"

; Marvin Hamlisch; Gerald Gardner (February 28, 2020). Marvin: Based on The Way I Was by Marvin Hamlisch. Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 978-0764359040.

Marsden, Ian David

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 — full video of biography film on PBS.org

Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love

at Find a Grave

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collected news and commentary at The New York Times

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PBS article

Archived 2015-09-11 at the Wayback Machine

Marvin Hamlisch and the Pittsburgh Pops

 — Official site

www.marvinhamlisch.us

interview on BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs, December 9, 1983

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