John Leipold
John Max Leipold (February 26, 1888 in Hunter, NY – March 8, 1970 in Dallas, TX) was a prolific American film and radio score composer. He is most noted for winning 1939 Academy Award for Best Original Score for the film Stagecoach, along with Richard Hageman, Frank Harling, and Leo Shuken.[1]
Biography
Leipold was born in Hunter, NY in 1888 to John G. and Lena M. Leipold. In 1916 he married Caroline Anna Ebel (1889-1982) in Poughkeepsie, New York.[2]
From 1912 to 1922 he conducted vaudeville and light opera in New York. He then spent four years as music director for the
In 1928 he moved to Hollywood and worked in Paramount Studios' music department.
Starting in 1942 he began to compose mostly for CBS, including for two Three Stooges films. From 1943 to 1948 he was composing and conducting for CBS; his output dwindled after this. He died in Dallas, TX in 1970.[4]
He wrote two educational texts, The John Leipold Lessons in Counterpoint, and The John Leipold Lessons in Harmony, and advertised them in musical trades.[8][9] In 1952 he wrote another text Mathematics of Pitch.[10]
Selected filmography
- Innocents of Paris (1929)
- Behind the Make-Up (1930)
- Playboy of Paris (1930)
- Monkey Business (1931)
- Horse Feathers (1932)
- It’s a Gift(1934)
- This Reckless Age (1932)
- One Hour With You(1932)
- Make Me a Star (1932)
- Hot Saturday (1932)
- El Príncipe gondolero (1933)
- The Old Fashioned Way (1934)
- Forgotten Faces (1936)
- A Son Comes Home (1936)
- Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937)
- Girl Overboard (1937)
- Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938)
- Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
- Touchdown, Army (1938)
- Stagecoach (1939)
- The Quarterback (1940)
- Doomed Caravan (1941)
- Shut My Big Mouth (1942)
- Two Yanks in Trinidad (1942)
- Daring Young Man (1942)
- The Desperadoes (1943)
- Doughboys in Ireland (1943)
- Nine Girls (1944)
- Incendiary Blonde (1945)
References
- ^ "Browser Unsupported - Academy Awards Search | Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences". awardsdatabase.oscars.org. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ^ Church, Poughkeepsie (N Y. ) Christ (1916). The Records of Christ Church, Poughkeepsie, New York: Parish register, 1766-1916. F. B. Howard. p. 216.
- ^ Piddington, George (May 30, 1925). "Minstrelsy" (PDF). The Billboard. XXXVII (22): 39.
- ^ . Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ^ "Minstrelsy (Communications to our Cincinnati Offices)". The Billboard. 36 (33): 66. August 16, 1924.
- ^ "Music Collection". Robert L. Parkinson Library and Research Center Finding Aids. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ISBN 978-0-520-25234-9.
- ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1949). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. p. 115.
- ^ "Self Education in Counterpoint and Harmony" (PDF). International Musician. XLVII (12): 30. June 1949.
- ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1952). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. p. 125.
External links
- John Leipold at IMDb