Tom Scott (composer)
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Thomas Jefferson Scott was an American composer
and singer.
, after which he moved to New York City when he joined Fred Warring's Glee Club. He was soon employed by the group as an arranger. In 1942 he began a successful career as a folk singer. He accompanied himself on the guitar and billed himself as "The American Troubador". He appeared at the Rainbow Room
and the Cotillion Room of the Pierre Hotel among other venues. Garnering praise, Scott landed his own radio
show which ran for several years.
Although Scott did write some of his own folk songs he is mostly remembered now for his classical works, and in particular his symphonic pieces which for the most part are rooted in American folk music. His symphonic works include Ballad of the Harp Weaver, Binorie Variations, Colloquy for Strings, Coney Island, Fanfare and Cantilena, Hornpipe and Chantey, Johnny Appleseed, Music for String Orchestra, and Symphony No. 1.
His work From the Sacred Harp was performed and recorded in its world premiere by the New York Philharmonic
under the baton of Leopold Stokowski
.
Among his other compositions are chamber music works, art songs, piano songs, an opera The Fisherman (1956), and several television and film scores. He wrote much music for plays at the Robert Herridge Theatre
and also wrote the music for Ferdinand Bruckner
's play Gloriana which premiered on Broadway in 1938. He wrote most of the music for Camera Three
among other television shows. He married Ruth Walton and they had one daughter, Susanna Scott.
He died of a heart attack in 1961.
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and singer.
Biography
Scott studied music at the University of KentuckyUniversity of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...
, after which he moved to New York City when he joined Fred Warring's Glee Club. He was soon employed by the group as an arranger. In 1942 he began a successful career as a folk singer. He accompanied himself on the guitar and billed himself as "The American Troubador". He appeared at the Rainbow Room
Rainbow Room
The Rainbow Room was an upscale restaurant and nightclub on the 65th floor of the GE Building in Rockefeller Center, Midtown Manhattan, New York City.-Cuisine:...
and the Cotillion Room of the Pierre Hotel among other venues. Garnering praise, Scott landed his own radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
show which ran for several years.
Although Scott did write some of his own folk songs he is mostly remembered now for his classical works, and in particular his symphonic pieces which for the most part are rooted in American folk music. His symphonic works include Ballad of the Harp Weaver, Binorie Variations, Colloquy for Strings, Coney Island, Fanfare and Cantilena, Hornpipe and Chantey, Johnny Appleseed, Music for String Orchestra, and Symphony No. 1.
His work From the Sacred Harp was performed and recorded in its world premiere by the New York Philharmonic
New York Philharmonic
The New York Philharmonic is a symphony orchestra based in New York City in the United States. It is one of the American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five"...
under the baton of Leopold Stokowski
Leopold Stokowski
Leopold Anthony Stokowski was a British-born, naturalised American orchestral conductor, well known for his free-hand performing style that spurned the traditional baton and for obtaining a characteristically sumptuous sound from many of the great orchestras he conducted.In America, Stokowski...
.
Among his other compositions are chamber music works, art songs, piano songs, an opera The Fisherman (1956), and several television and film scores. He wrote much music for plays at the Robert Herridge Theatre
Robert herridge
Robert Herridge , was a television producer and writer who created the CBS television program Camera Three, among more than 1,700 hours of TV programming, beginning in 1950....
and also wrote the music for Ferdinand Bruckner
Ferdinand Bruckner
Ferdinand Bruckner was an Austrian-German writer and theater manager.-Life:...
's play Gloriana which premiered on Broadway in 1938. He wrote most of the music for Camera Three
Camera Three
Camera Three was a Sunday morning program devoted to the arts. It ran on CBS from 22 January 1956 to 21 January 1979, and moved to PBS in its final year to make way for the then-new CBS News Sunday Morning...
among other television shows. He married Ruth Walton and they had one daughter, Susanna Scott.
He died of a heart attack in 1961.