Tuesday, August 7, 2012

RIP Marvin Hamlisch

Award-winning composer and conductor Marvin Hamlisch died on August 6 at the age of 68. He is only of only two people, with Richard Rodgers, to win an Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Grammy award and the Pulitzer Prize. Billboard has an obituary and remembrance.

Among the highlights of the works by Marvin Hamlisch in our collection:
  • A Chorus Line [MP1503.H2497 C4], for which Hamlisch won the Tony and Pulitzer
  • The Way We Were [CD 5571], which earned Hamlisch an Oscar and a Grammy
  • Barbra: The Concert [CD 9886-9887] The TV special from this tour earned Hamlisch an Emmy.

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