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In the U.S.A and Canada all CURNOW MUSIC publications are exclusively distributed by Hal Leonard. Please place all orders for CURNOW MUSIC Publications and Full Performance Recordings through your local music dealer. |
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Born in Oakland, California, Warren Barker attended the
University of California at Los Angeles and later studied composition with
Mario Castelnuevo-Tedesco and Henri Pensis.
At the age of 24 he was appointed chief arranger for the National
Broadcasting Company’s prime musical show, The Railroad Hour, a position
he held for six years. Barker
has been associated with 20th Century Fox, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
and Columbia studios as a composer-arranger-conductor for motion pictures
and television. He has composed and conducted music for more than thirty
different television series, including seven years as composer-conductor
of the highly rated series comedy series, Bewitched.
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences honored him in
1970 for his original music written for the award winning series, My
World and Welcome To It, based on the life of James Thurber. He was a member the arranging staff for the Oscar winning
motion picture, Hello Dolly. His compositions and arrangements have been performed and
recorded by a variety of musical artists from Frank Sinatra to the
Hollywood Bowl and Cincinnati Pops Orchestras. He has received writing commissions from many outstanding
musical organizations including the United States Air Force Band, the
Royal Australian Navy, the Northshore Concert Band and the Norwegian Army
Staff Band. |
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| Title | Order # | Performance Time |
Price (Score & Parts) |
Full Recording on CD |
| In Praise of Freedom |
5:40 |
$ 69.00 |
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