André George Previn (; born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019) was a German-American pianist, composer, and conductor. His career had three major genres:

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, and

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. In each he achieved success, and the latter two were part of his life until the end. In movies, he

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and composed music. In jazz, he was a celebrated trio pianist, a piano-accompanist to singers of

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, and pianist-interpreter of songs from the "

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". In classical music, he also performed as a pianist but gained television fame as a conductor, and during his last thirty years created his legacy as a composer of

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. Before the age of twenty, Previn began arranging and composing for

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. He would go on to be involved in the music of more than fifty films and would win four

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. He won ten

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s, for recordings in all three areas of his career, and then one more, for

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. He served as music director of the

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(1967–1969), principal conductor of the

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(1968–1979), music director of the

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(1976–1984), of the

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(1985–1989), chief conductor of the

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(1985–1992), and, after an avowed break from salaried posts, chief conductor of the

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(2002–2006). He also enjoyed a warm relationship with the

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Early life

Previn was born in

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to a

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family, the second son and last of three children of Charlotte (née Epstein) and Jack Previn, who was a lawyer, judge, and music teacher born in Graudenz, then in Germany but now in Poland.Frédéric Döhl
André George Previn
in the

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, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg, 2007 (in German) The eldest son,

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, became a film director. The year of Previn's birth is disputed. Whereas most published reports give 1929, Previn himself stated that 1930 was his birth year. All three children received piano lessons and Previn was the one who enjoyed them from the start and displayed the most talent. At six, he enrolled at the Berlin Conservatory. In 1938, Previn's father was told that his son was no longer welcome at the conservatory, despite André receiving a full scholarship in recognition of his abilities, on the grounds that he was Jewish. In 1938, the family had applied for American visas and during the nine-month wait to obtain them, left Berlin for Paris. Previn's father enrolled his son into the

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where André learned music theory. On October 20, 1938, the family left Paris and sailed to New York City. Their journey continued to Los Angeles, arriving on November 26. His father's second cousin

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was music director for

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. Previn became a naturalized US citizen in 1943. He learned English, which was his third language after German and French, through comic books and other reading materials with a dictionary, and watching films. In 1946 he graduated from

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and performed with

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at the ceremony; Previn played the piano, accompanying Sherman, who played the flute.

In the film studios

Previn was involved in creating the music for over 50 films and won four

for his work. Previn's career as a composer, conductor, and arranger at

studios (MGM) began in 1946, while he was still in high school, after their music department noticed his work for a local radio program and hired him. Previn recalled that MGM was "looking for somebody who was talented, fast, and cheap and, because I was a kid, I was all three. So they hired me to do piecework and I evidently did it very well." His first official credit was for an entry in the ''

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'' series, '' The Sun Comes Up'' (1949), which much later he thought was "the most inept score you ever heard" after seeing a television rerun. While a full-time employee at MGM in 1950, Previn was drafted into the military. Beginning in 1951, while stationed with the Sixth Army Band at the

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, Previn took private conducting lessons for two years from

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, then conductor of the

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, lessons which Previn valued highly. In 1953, Previn returned to Hollywood and focused his attention on film scores and jazz. Previn stayed at MGM for 16 years, but despite the secure job and good pay, he had come to feel increasingly confined, and consequently desired to pursue classical music outside of film scores. He resigned from MGM at 32, wanting "to gamble with whatever talent I might have had". His break with the film world in the 1960s, however, was not as complete and thorough as he would later claim. During this period, Previn won a 1964

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for ''

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''. His film work continued until 1975's '' Rollerball''. Over his multi-decade film career, Previn was involved in the music of over 50 movies as composer, conductor, and/or performer.

In jazz

Previn described himself as a musician who played jazz, rather than a jazz musician. Nevertheless, he proved to be a gifted jazz-piano interpreter and arranger of songs from the "

", winning the respect of prominent dedicated jazz artists. He separately worked as piano-accompanist to singers of jazz standards, from

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, recording prolifically. Like

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, whom he admired tremendously, and

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, he worked often as a trio pianist, usually with bass and drums, collaborating with dozens of famed jazz instrumentalists. Previn also memorably filmed TV shows with Peterson (1974) and Fitzgerald (1979). Jazz critic and historian

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wrote in his book about

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, the scene to which Previn belonged:

isprojects varied greatly in terms of quality and jazz content, but at his best Previn could be a persuasive, moving jazz musician. ..Despite his deep roots in symphonic music, Previn largely steered clear of
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classicism in his jazz work, aiming more at an earthy, hard-swinging piano style at times reminiscent of
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. Long before his eventual retreat from his jazz work, Previn had become something of a popularizer of jazz rather than a serious practitioner of the music. At his best, however, his music reflected a strong indigenous feel for the jazz idiom.

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on Previn, said:

He has the flow, you know, which a lot of guys don't have and won't ever get. Yeah. I heard him play and I knew. A lot of guys, they have the technique, the harmonic sense. They've got the perfect coordination. And, yeah, all that's necessary. But you need something more, you know? Even if you only make an oooooooo, like that, you got to have the flow.

As a conductor and composer of classical music

As conductor

He was music director of the

, the

, and the

, as well as the principal conductor of the

and the

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. In 1967, Previn succeeded Sir John Barbirolli as music director of the

. In 1968, he began his tenure as principal conductor of the

(LSO), serving in that post until 1979. During his LSO tenure, he and the LSO appeared on the

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programme ''André Previn's Music Night''. From 1975 to 1985, he was music director of the

(PSO) and, in turn, had another television series with the PSO entitled ''Previn and the Pittsburgh''. He was then principal conductor of the

from 1985 to 1991. In 1985, he became music director of the

. Although Previn's tenure with the orchestra was deemed satisfactory from a professional perspective, other conductors, including

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, and

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, did a better job at selling out concerts. Previn clashed frequently with

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(the LAPO's Executive VP and General Manager), including the dispute when Fleischmann failed to consult Previn before naming Salonen as Principal Guest Conductor of the orchestra, complete with a tour of Japan. As a result of Previn's objections, Salonen's title and Japanese tour were withdrawn; however, shortly thereafter, in April 1989, Previn resigned. Four months later, Salonen was named Music Director Designate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, officially taking the post of music director in October 1992. Previn was music director of the

from 2002 to 2006, and in 2009 he was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of Tokyo's

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As a composer

André Previn left two concert overtures, several tone poems, 14 concerti, a symphony for strings, incidental music to a British play; a varied body of chamber music (six violin sonatas, other scores for violin and piano; sonatas for bassoon, cello, clarinet, flute and oboe, each with piano; a waltz for two oboes and piano, three other trios, a string quartet with soprano, a clarinet quintet, a quintet for horn and strings, a nonet, an ''Octet for Eleven'' (for eleven players), and three works for brass ensemble); several works for solo piano; dozens of songs (in English and German); a monodrama for soprano, string quartet and piano (''Penelope'', completed just before he died); a musical each for New York and London (''Coco'' and ''The Good Companions''); and two successful operas.

Television

In his capacity as conductor, mainly, Previn enjoyed a long relationship with the medium of television. He featured in ''Meet André Previn'' (1969) on

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, the ''Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show'' in 1971 and 1972 (BBC), ''André Previn's Music Night'' (with the

; three programmes in 1973, others in 1975 and 1976), and television interviews with other musicians. He made appearances on ''

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'' and participated in documentaries about popular music and jazz during the 1970s and 1980s. In the United Kingdom he worked on TV with the London Symphony Orchestra. In the U.S. the television program ''Previn and the Pittsburgh'' (1977) featured him in collaboration with the

"Andrew Preview"

British TV audiences witnessed his comic acting skills when he was introduced as "Mr Andrew Preview" (or "Privet") on the

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Christmas Show in 1971. This involved his conducting a performance of

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with

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as the inept soloist, having been tricked into doing it by being told that

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would be his solo violinist. Playing the comedy straight, the annoyed Previn then remarks: "I'll go get my baton. It's in Chicago." His comic timing made Morecambe immediately realise the sketch would be a success. Later in the sketch Previn accuses Morecambe of playing "all the wrong notes"; Morecambe grits his teeth, grabs Previn by the lapels, and retorts that he has been playing "all the ''right'' notes, but ''not necessarily'' in the right order". Previn recalled in 2005 that people in Britain still remember the sketch years later: "Taxi drivers still call me Mr Preview". He later said he was happy that the sketch meant as much to everyone else as it did to him, and that several parts of it were (uncharacteristically for Morecambe and Wise) improvised. Previn later appeared in the 1972 special as a

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in a feature called "I worked with Morecambe and Wise and look what happened to me". He made a further appearance in their eighth series. In this sketch, he is tricked into visiting the pair again, and they suggest that if he works with them again, he could receive a

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; he conducts a 1920s-style dance band as the pair sing, then meets them on stage and, after a lady in the audience greets him as "Mr Preview", tells the pair: "That's not the Queen, that's

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!" Finally, he joins the pair at the end of the episode in singing "

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''Mozart on Tour''

Previn was host and narrator of the 13-part 1991 documentary series '' Mozart on Tour'', which focused on

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's travels and how his music developed through them. He also performed and conducted Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491, with the

in one episode of the series, and in another episode conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance by Aleksandar Madžar of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major, K. 595.

''The Kindness of Strangers''

Previn was the subject of a two-hour film by

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entitled ''The Kindness of Strangers'' – after the closing words of his opera then in production, in 1998 – which followed Previn for a year at engagements around the world, and included interviews with Previn and rehearsals for the opera. The film was issued on DVD in 2009 by Voiceprint Records; an earlier issue had cut 30 minutes from it.

Personal life

Previn was married five times. His first marriage, in 1952, was to jazz singer Betty Bennett, with whom he had two daughters, Claudia Previn Stasny. and

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. Previn divorced Bennett in 1957, a few months before she gave birth to Alicia. In 1959, he married Dory Langan. A singer-songwriter, she became widely known as a lyricist with whom Previn collaborated on several

–nominated film scores during their marriage. They separated in 1968 once she found out his affair with

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, a family friend, had resulted in a pregnancy. Distressed at his infidelity, Dory was hospitalized for a mental breakdown. Known professionally as Dory Previn, she resumed her career as a singer-songwriter. Her first album was ''

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'' (1970), a critically acclaimed work whose confessional lyrics were described as "searingly honest"; it chronicled both her mental health struggles and the infidelity that she alleged had at once precipitated the end of her marriage to Previn and exacerbated her intermittent mental illness. In 2013, jazz singer Kate Dimbleby and pianist Naadia Sheriff revisited Dory Previn's musical reflections on her marriage to Previn in the London cabaret show ''Beware of Young Girls: The Dory Previn Story''. Previn's third marriage, in 1970, was to Mia Farrow, whom he began dating in 1968. Previn and Farrow had three biological children together — fraternal twins Matthew and Sascha, born before Previn and Farrow were married, and Fletcher, born in 1974. They then adopted Vietnamese infants Lark Song and Summer "Daisy" Song (born October 6, 1974), followed by

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, a Korean child whose age a physician's bone scan placed between six and eight years old and whose unknown birth date her adoptive parents estimated as October 8, 1970. Previn and Farrow divorced in 1979. Lark died on Christmas Day 2008, aged 35; reports at the time suggested she had died of AIDS-related

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. In the aftermath of the scandal involving Soon-Yi and Mia Farrow's partner

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, Previn said of Soon-Yi, "She does not exist." Previn's longest marriage was his fourth. In January 1982, he married Heather Sneddon. They had a son, Lucas Alexander, and an adopted daughter, Li-An Mary. Previn wrote a brief memoir of his early years in

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, ''No Minor Chords'', which was published in 1991, edited by

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and dedicated to Heather. This marriage ended in divorce after 17 years. His fifth marriage, in 2002, was to the German violinist

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, for whom in the previous year he had composed his

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. They announced their divorce in August 2006, but continued to work together in concerts afterwards.

Honors and awards

Previn was nominated for 11

s. He won four times, in 1958, 1959, 1963 and 1964. He is one of the few composers to have accomplished the feat of winning back-to-back Oscars, and one of only two to have done so on two occasions. Previn was the first person in the history of the Academy Awards to receive three nominations in one year (for the

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). In 1970 he was nominated for a

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as part of ''Coco'''s nomination for Best Musical. In 1974, he composed the musical score for ''

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'' starring

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in London. In 1977 he became an Honorary Member of the

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. The 1977 television show ''Previn and the Pittsburgh'' was nominated for three

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awards. Previn was appointed an

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in 1996. (Not being a citizen of a

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, he was permitted to use the post-nominal letters KBE but was not styled "Sir André".) Previn received the

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in 1998 in recognition of his contributions to

and opera in the United States. In 2005 he was awarded the international Glenn Gould Prize and in 2008 won ''

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'' magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in classical, film, and jazz music. In 2010, the Recording Academy honored Previn with a Lifetime Achievement

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Death

Previn died on February 28, 2019, at home in

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at the age of 89.

Recordings

Previn's discography contains hundreds of recordings in film, jazz, classical music, theatre, and contemporary classical music. Because of the huge number of recordings, the following lists are necessarily highly selective. A full discography (including LP/CD record codes) is available in Frédéric Döhl:
André Previn. Musikalische Vielseitigkeit und ästhetische Erfahrung
', Stuttgart 2012, pp. 295–319.

Film music

Most of the films which incorporate Previn's music are still available as videos/DVDs and/or as soundtrack records. Some of his soundtracks have been reissued in recent years, including those from ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

Inside Daisy Clover ''Inside Daisy Clover'' is a 1965 American drama film based on Gavin Lambert's 1963 novel of the same name, directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Natalie Wood. It follows a tomboy becoming a Hollywood actress and singer. Plot In 1936, Da ...

'', and ''

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''.

Jazz recordings

Previn made dozens of jazz recordings, as both leader and sideman, primarily during two periods: from 1945 to 1967, and from 1989 to 2001, with just a handful of recordings in between or afterward. He also did crossover recordings with such classical singers as

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Leontyne Price Leontyne Price ( born Mary Violet Leontine Price February 10, 1927) is an American spinto soprano who was the first African-American soprano to receive international acclaim. From 1961 she began a long association with the Metropolitan Opera. ...

and

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, as well as several

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records with piano and orchestra in the 1960s (beginning with ''Like Young: Secret Songs for Young Lovers'', 1959, with David Rose and His Orchestra). Following his performance on

Shelly Manne Sheldon "Shelly" Manne (June 11, 1920 – September 26, 1984) was an American jazz drummer. Most frequently associated with West Coast jazz, he was known for his versatility and also played in a number of other styles, including Dixieland, ...

's recording '' Modern Jazz Performances of Songs from My Fair Lady'' in 1956, Previn released several albums of jazz interpretations of songs from

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s as well as several solo piano recordings focused on the songbooks of popular composers ('' André Previn Plays Songs by Vernon Duke'', 1958; '' André Previn Plays Songs by Harold Arlen'', 1960; ''Ballads. Solo Jazz Standards'', 1996; ''Alone: Ballads for Solo Piano'', 2007), the late recording of songs by

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with singer

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and bass player David Finck ('' Come Rain or Shine: The Harold Arlen Songbook'', 1996), and his TV shows with Oscar Peterson (1974) – which

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called "one of the greatest hours I ever saw on television" – and

(1979) respectively.

Jazz recordings as leader/co-leader

* ''

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'' (

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, 1952) * ''

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'' (

, 1955) – with

Shorty Rogers Milton "Shorty" Rogers (born Milton Rajonsky; April 14, 1924 – November 7, 1994) was an American jazz musician, one of the principal creators of West Coast jazz. He played trumpet and flugelhorn and was in demand for his skills as an arra ...

* '' Let's Get Away from It All'' (Decca, 1955) * '' Double Play!'' (

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, 1957) with Russ Freeman * '' Pal Joey'' (Contemporary, 1957) * '' Gigi'' (Contemporary, 1958) * '' André Previn Plays Songs by Vernon Duke'' (Contemporary, 1958) * '' Secret Songs For Young Lovers'' (MGM Records, 1958, with David Rose) * ''

King Size! ''King Size!'' is a jazz album by pianist and composer André Previn recorded in 1958 and released on the Contemporary label.

'' (Contemporary, 1959) * '' André Previn Plays Songs by Jerome Kern'' (Contemporary, 1959) * '' Somebody Loves Me'' (Capitol, 1959) * ''

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'' (Contemporary, 1959) * ''

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'' (MGM Records, 1960) * ''The Subterraneans'' (soundtrack) (

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, 1960) * '' Like Previn!'' (Contemporary, 1960) * '' André Previn Plays Songs by Harold Arlen'' (Contemporary, 1960) * ''

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'' (Columbia, 1960) * '' Like Love'' (Columbia, 1960) * ''

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'' (Capitol, 1960) * '' Diahann Carroll / The André Previn Trio '' (United Artists Records, 1960) * '' Thinking of You'' (Columbia, 1961) * ''

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'' (MGM Records, 1961) * ''

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'' (Columbia, 1962, with

) * '' André Previn and J. J. Johnson Play Kurt Weill's Mack The Knife & Bilbao-Song'' (Columbia, 1962, with J. J. Johnson) * ''

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'' (Columbia, 1963) with

Herb Ellis Mitchell Herbert Ellis (August 4, 1921 – March 28, 2010) was an American jazz guitarist. During the 1950s, he was in a trio with pianist Oscar Peterson. Biography Born in Farmersville, Texas, Ellis grew up on a farm. He was first exposed ...

, Ray Brown and

* '' But Beautiful'' (Decca, 1963) * ''

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'' (Columbia, 1964) * ''

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'' (Columbia, 1964) * ''

Love Walked In "Love Walked In" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. The tune was composed in 1930, but the lyric was not written until 1937, for the movie musical ''The Goldwyn Follies'' (1938), where it was sung by Danny Beecher ( ...

'' (RCA Camden, 1964) * '' The Popular Previn'' (Columbia, 1965) * ''

André Previn Plays Music of the Young Hollywood Composers André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries, as well in Portugal, ...

'' (RCA Victor, 1965) * ''

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'' (RCA Victor, 1966) * '' All Alone'' (RCA Victor, 1967) * ''

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'' (RCA Victor, 1967, with

) * ''

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'' (Angel Records, 1975, with

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) * '' A Different Kind of Blues'' (EMI/Angel, 1980, with Itzhak Perlman) * '' It's a Breeze'' (EMI/Angel, 1981, with Itzhak Perlman) * '' Nice Work if You Can Get It'' (1983, with Ella Fitzgerald and

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (; 27 May 1946 – 19 April 2005), also known by his abbreviated nickname NHØP, was a Danish jazz double bassist. Biography Pedersen was born in Osted, near Roskilde, on the Danish island of Zealand, the son o ...

) * '' After Hours'' (

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, 1989, with

Joe Pass Joe Pass (born Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalacqua; January 13, 1929 – May 23, 1994) was an American jazz guitarist. Although Pass recorded and performed live with pianist Oscar Peterson, composer Duke Ellington, and vocalist Ella Fitzgerald, he ...

and Ray Brown) * ''

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'' (Telarc, 1990, with

Mundell Lowe James Mundell Lowe (April 21, 1922 – December 2, 2017) was an American jazz guitarist who worked often in radio, television, and film, and as a session musician. He produced film and TV scores in the 1970s, such as the '' Billy Jack'' soundtra ...

and Ray Brown) * '' Old Friends'' (Telarc, 1992, with Mundell Lowe and Ray Brown) * '' Kiri Sidetracks: The Jazz Album'' (1992, with

, Mundell Lowe and Ray Brown) * '' What Headphones?'' (Angel, 1993) * '' Sure Thing: The Jerome Kern Songbook'' (1994, with

and David Finck) * '' André Previn and Friends Play Show Boat'' (

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, 1995, with Mundell Lowe, Ray Brown and

Grady Tate Grady Tate (January 14, 1932 – October 8, 2017) was an American jazz and soul-jazz drummer and baritone vocalist. In addition to his work as sideman, Tate released many albums as leader and lent his voice to songs in the animated ''Schoolhou ...

) * '' Ballads: Solo Jazz Standards'' (

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, 1996) * '' Come Rain or Shine: The Harold Arlen Songbook'' (1996, with Sylvia McNair and David Finck) * '' Jazz at the Musikverein'' (

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, 1997, with Mundell Lowe and Ray Brown) * '' We Got Rhythm: A Gershwin Songbook'' (Deutsche Grammophon, 1998, with David Finck) * '' We Got It Good and That Ain't Bad: An Ellington Songbook'' (Deutsche Grammophon, 1999, with David Finck) * ''

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'' (

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, 2001, with David Finck) * '' Alone: Ballads for Solo Piano'' (Decca, 2007)

Jazz recordings as sideman/group member

with

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*'' Swinging Kicks'' (Verve, 1957) with

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*''

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'' (Contemporary, 1958) with

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*''Change of Heart: The Songs of Andre Previn'' (Telarc, 2013) with

Helen Humes Helen Humes (June 23, 1913 – September 13, 1981) was an American singer. She was a blues, R&B and classic popular singer. Early life Humes was born on June 23, 1913, in Louisville, Kentucky, to Emma Johnson and John Henry Humes. She grew up ...

*''Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness if I Do'' (Contemporary, 1959) *''Songs I Like to Sing!'' (Contemporary, 1960) with

Barney Kessel Barney Kessel (October 17, 1923 – May 6, 2004) was an American jazz guitarist. Known in particular for his knowledge of chords and inversions and chord-based melodies, he was a member of many prominent jazz groups as well as a "first call" gu ...

*'' Music to Listen to Barney Kessel By'' (Contemporary, 1956) *''

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the O ...

'' (Contemporary, 1959) with

* '' Shelly Manne & His Friends'' (Contemporary, 1956) * ''

'' (Contemporary, 1956) *''

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'' (Contemporary, 1957) * '' Bells Are Ringing'' (Contemporary, 1959) with The Mitchells:

Red Mitchell Keith Moore "Red" Mitchell (September 20, 1927 – November 8, 1992) was an American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet. Biography Mitchell was born in New York City. His younger brother, Whitey Mitchell, also became a jazz ...

Whitey Mitchell Gordon "Whitey" Mitchell (February 22, 1932 – January 16, 2009) was an American jazz bassist and television writer/producer. He was born in Hackensack, New Jersey. Life and career Mitchell was the brother of bassist Red Mitchell. He began on ...

and

Blue Mitchell Richard Allen "Blue" Mitchell (March 13, 1930 – May 21, 1979) was an American trumpeter and composer who worked in jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, rock and funk. He recorded albums as leader and sideman for Riverside, Mainstream Records, and Bl ...

*'' Get Those Elephants Out'a Here'' (MetroJazz, 1958) with Lyle Murphy *''Twelve-Tone Compositions and Arrangements by Lyle Murphy'' (Contemporary, 1955) with

Pete Rugolo Pietro Rugolo (December 25, 1915 – October 16, 2011), known professionally as Pete Rugolo, was an American jazz composer, arranger, and record producer. Life and career Rugolo was born in San Piero Patti, Sicily. His family emigrated to the ...

*'' An Adventure in Sound: Reeds in Hi-Fi'' (Mercury, 1956

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*'' An Adventure in Sound: Brass in Hi-Fi'' (Mercury 1956

*''

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'' (EmArcy, 1957)

Classical music

Orchestral music

Previn's recorded repertory as a conductor focused on standards of the Classical, Romantic and Modern eras. In opera, however, he recorded only ''

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'', ''

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'', and

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's two short operas, as well as his own ''

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''. He favored the symphonic music of

Berlioz Louis-Hector Berlioz (11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic music, Romantic composer and conductor. His output includes orchestral works such as the ''Symphonie fantastique'' and ''Harold en Italie, Harold in Italy'' ...

Brahms Johannes Brahms (; ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid- Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, often set within studied ye ...

and

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, and placed a special emphasis on violin and piano concertos and on ballets. Only a few of his recordings were of music before

Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( ; ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...

and

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(both favourites on his programmes) or of

atonal Atonality in its broadest sense is music that lacks a tonal center, or key. ''Atonality'', in this sense, usually describes compositions written from about the early 20th-century to the present day, where a hierarchy of harmonies focusing on ...

or serial avant-garde pieces. In

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his repertory highlit specific composers of late Romanticism and Modernism:

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, Gershwin,

Korngold Erich Wolfgang Korngold (; May 29, 1897 – November 29, 1957) was an Austrian composer and conductor, who fled Europe in the mid-1930s and later adopted US nationality. A child prodigy, he became one of the most important and influential compo ...

Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''. , group=n ( – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor who l ...

Rachmaninoff Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff; in Russian pre-revolutionary script. (28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of ...

, Ravel,

Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his Symphony No. 1 (Shostakovich), First Symphony in 1926 and thereafter was regarded ...

, Strauss,

Vaughan Williams Ralph Vaughan Williams ( ; 12 October 1872– 26 August 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over ...

, Walton and

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. Previn recorded for

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and

. Noteworthy as interpretations, for various reasons, are his recordings of Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony (for RCA in 1965), Walton's First Symphony (1966), the Vaughan Williams

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(1967–72), Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony (for EMI in 1970), Rachmaninoff's piano concertos (for Decca in 1970–71, with

Vladimir Ashkenazy Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy (, ''Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazi''; born 6 July 1937) is a Soviet-born Icelandic pianist, chamber music performer, and conductor. Ashkenazy has collaborated with well-known orchestras and soloists. In addition, ...

), Walton's ''

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'' (EMI, 1972), Orff's ''

Carmina Burana ''Carmina Burana'' (, Latin for "Songs from Benediktbeuern" 'Buria'' in Latin is a manuscript of 254 poems and dramatic texts mostly from the 11th or 12th century, although some are from the 13th century. The pieces are mostly bawdy, irreveren ...

'' (1974) and Mendelssohn's ''

A Midsummer Night's Dream ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' is a Comedy (drama), comedy play written by William Shakespeare in about 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One s ...

'' (1976), all with the

; and Strauss's horn concertos (for DG in 1996), with the

Chamber music and solo piano

Samuel Barber Samuel Osmond Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, conductor (music), conductor, baritone, and music educator, and one of the most celebrated composers of the mid-20th century. Principally influenced ...

: ''Four Excursions,

Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith ( ; ; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German and American composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advo ...

: Piano Sonata No. 3, Frank Martin: Prelude No. 7'' (1961) *

Gabriel Fauré Gabriel Urbain Fauré (12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. ...

: ''Piano Trio in D minor op. 120,

Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic music, Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions inc ...

: Piano Trio in D minor op. 49'' (1964, with Nathan Roth and Joseph Schuster) *

Sergei Rachmaninoff Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff; in Russian pre-revolutionary script. (28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and Conducting, conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a compos ...

: ''Music for Two Pianos. Suite Nr. 1 op. 5, Suite Nr. 2 op. 17, Symphonic Dances op. 45'' (1974, with

) *

Maurice Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism in music, Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composer ...

: ''Piano Trio in A minor, Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor op. 67'' (1974, with Kim Young Uck and Ralph Kirshbaum) *

Claude Debussy Achille Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionism in music, Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influe ...

: ''Piano Trio in G major, Maurice Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor'' (1995, with Julie Rosenfeld and Gary Hoffmann) *

Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...

: ''Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat major op. 97, Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio in B major op. 8'' (1995, with Viktoria Mullova and

Heinrich Schiff Heinrich Schiff (; 18 November 1951 – 23 December 2016) was an Austrian cellist and conductor. Early life Heinrich Schiff was born on 18 November 1951 in Gmunden, Austria. His parents, Helga (née Riemann) and Helmut Schiff, were composers. H ...

) * ''American Scenes. André Previn: Sonata for Violin and Piano "Vineyard",

George Gershwin George Gershwin (; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned jazz, popular music, popular and classical music. Among his best-known works are the songs "Swan ...

: Three Preludes,

Aaron Copland Aaron Copland (, ; November 14, 1900December 2, 1990) was an American composer, critic, writer, teacher, pianist, and conductor of his own and other American music. Copland was referred to by his peers and critics as the "Dean of American Compos ...

: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Nocturne, Samuel Barber: Canzone (Elegy) op. 38a'' (1998, with

Gil Shaham Gil Shaham (Hebrew: גיל שחם; born February 19, 1971) is an American violinist. His accolades include a Grammy Award in 1999, and he has performed as a soloist with such orchestras as the New York Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna P ...

)

His own compositions

* ''Guitar Concerto'' (1972, with

John Williams John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932)Nylund, Rob (November 15, 2022)Classic Connection review, ''WBOI'' ("For the second time this year, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic honored American composer, conductor, and arranger John Williams, who w ...

and the

) * '' Every Good Boy Deserves Favour'' (1978, with the London Symphony Orchestra) * ''Piano Concerto'' and ''Guitar Concerto'' (1990, with

, Eduardo Fernandez and the

) * ''Honey and Rue'' (1995, with

Kathleen Battle Kathleen Deanna Battle (born August 13, 1948) is an American operatic soprano known for her distinctive vocal range and tone. Born in Portsmouth, Ohio, Battle initially became known for her work within the concert repertoire through performances ...

and the Orchestra of St. Luke's) * ''"From Ordinary Things": Sonata for Cello and Piano; Four Songs for Soprano, Cello and Piano; Two Remembrances for Soprano, Alto Flute and Piano; Vocalise for Soprano, Cello and Piano'' (1997, with

Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma (born October 7, 1955) is a French-born American Cello, cellist. Born to Chinese people, Chinese parents in Paris, he was regarded as a child prodigy there and began to study the cello with his father at age four. At the age of seven, ...

and

Sandra Church Sandra Church (born January 13, 1937) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her performance as the original Gypsy Rose Lee in ''Gypsy'' (1959),Kantor, Michael and Laurence Maslon, ''Broadway: The American Musical'', Bulfinch P ...

) * ''Trio for Piano, Oboe and Bassoon'' (1997, with Cynthia Koledo de Almeida and Nancy Goeres) * ''"Music of André Previn": Trio for Piano, Oboe and Bassoon, Peaches for Flute and Piano, Triolet for Brass, Variations on a Theme by Haydn for Piano, A Wedding Waltz for Two Oboes and Piano'' (1998, with the St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble) * ''"American Scenes": Sonata for Violin and Piano "Vineyard"'' (1998, with Gil Shaham) * ''

'' (1998; with

Renée Fleming Renée Lynn Fleming (born February 14, 1959) is an American soprano and actress, known for performances in opera, concerts, recordings, theater, film, and at major public occasions. A recipient of the National Medal of Arts, Fleming has been nom ...

Elizabeth Futral Susan Elizabeth Futral (born September 27, 1963 in Johnston County, North Carolina Johnston County, officially the County of Johnston, is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 215,99 ...

Rodney Gilfry Rodney Gilfry is a leading American operatic baritone. After launching his career at Frankfurt Opera in 1987, Gilfry quickly established a reputation for stylish singing and acting. A renowned Mozart specialist, he has given acclaimed performa ...

, Anthony Dean Griffey, San Francisco Opera Orchestra) * ''"Diversions – Songs": Diversions; Sallie Chisum Remembers Billy the Kid; Vocalise; The Giraffes Go to Hamburg; Three Dickinson Songs'' (2001, with

Barbara Bonney Barbara Bonney (born April 14, 1956) is an American soprano. She is associated with lyric soprano roles in operas by Mozart and Richard Strauss as well as lieder performances. Early life Bonney was born in Montclair, New Jersey. As a child she p ...

, Moray Welsh,

) * ''Tango Song and Dance'' (2003,

) * '' Violin Concerto "Anne-Sophie"'' (2003, with Anne-Sophie Mutter and the

Boston Symphony Orchestra The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is an American orchestra based in Boston. It is the second-oldest of the five major American symphony orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five (orchestras), Big Five". Founded by Henry Lee Higginson in ...

) * ''Double Concerto for Violin, Contrabass and Orchestra; Piano Concerto; Violin Concerto "Anne-Sophie"; Three Dickinson Songs; Diversions; "I Can Smell The Sea Air" from A Streetcar Named Desire'' (2009, with Renée Fleming, Anne-Sophie Mutter,

, Roman Patkolo,

, London Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic, San Francisco Opera Orchestra) * ''

Brief Encounter ''Brief Encounter'' is a 1945 British Romance film#Romantic drama, romantic drama film directed by David Lean from a screenplay by Noël Coward, based on his 1936 one-act play ''Still Life (play), Still Life''. The film stars Celia Johnson and ...

'' (2011, with Elizabeth Futral, Nathan Gunn, Kim Josephson, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, Patrick Summers)

List of awards

Academy Awards

; Best Scoring of a Musical Picture *1958 '' Gigi'' (orig. music: Loewe) *1959 ''

Porgy and Bess ''Porgy and Bess'' ( ) is an English-language opera by American composer George Gershwin, with a libretto written by author DuBose Heyward and lyricist Ira Gershwin. It was adapted from Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward's play ''Porgy (play), ...

'' (orig. music: Gershwin) ; Best Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment *1963 ''

Irma la Douce ''Irma la Douce'' (, "Irma the Sweet") is a 1963 American romantic comedy film directed by Billy Wilder from a screenplay he co-wrote with I. A. L. Diamond, based on the 1956 French stage musical of the same name by Marguerite Monnot and Al ...

'' (orig. music: Monnot) *1964 ''

'' (orig. music: Loewe)

Grammy Awards

Previn received Grammy Awards and nominations: ;

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award is a special Grammy Award The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achiev ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

André Previn ; Best Instrumental Soloist *

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

Previn:

; Bernstein: Serenade ;

Best Classical Crossover Album Best or The Best may refer to: People * Best (surname), people with the surname Best * Best (footballer, born 1968), retired Portuguese footballer Companies and organizations * Best & Co., an 1879–1971 clothing chain * Best Lock Corporatio ...

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

: '' The Sea Hawk, Captain Blood'' with the London Symphony Orchestra ;

Best Chamber Music Performance The Grammy Award The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in music. They are regarded by many as the ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

''American Scenes: Copland, Previn, Barber, Gershwin'' ; Best Choral Performance *

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...

Walton: ''

'' with the London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra *

1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...

Rachmaninoff: '' Kolokola'' with the London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra ; Best Performance by an Orchestra *

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Janu ...

''Like Young'' with the David Rose Orchestra ; Best Sound Track Album *

1959 Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ...

''Gigi'' (orig. music: Loewe) *

''Porgy and Bess'' (orig. music: Gershwin) ; Best Jazz Performance – Soloist or Small Group *

1961 Events January * January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1961, Monetary reform in the Soviet Union. * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and cons ...

'' (orig. music: Bernstein) *

1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

'' André Previn Plays Songs by Harold Arlen''

References

Notes

External links

* * * * *
André Previn's Jazz
– a survey with commentary by Matthew Guerrieri *
André Previn
biography from IMG Artists

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Early life

In the film studios

In jazz

As a conductor and composer of classical music

As conductor

As a composer

Television

"Andrew Preview"

''Mozart on Tour''

''The Kindness of Strangers''

Personal life

Honors and awards

Death

Recordings

Film music

Jazz recordings

Jazz recordings as leader/co-leader

Jazz recordings as sideman/group member

Classical music

Orchestral music

Chamber music and solo piano

His own compositions

List of awards

Academy Awards

Grammy Awards

References

Notes

Further reading

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