Harry Revel
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Harry Revel was a British-born American composer. Born in London, he studied piano at the Guildhall School of Music and worked in Europe in the early 1920s, including time in Paris performing with a touring band and writing early compositions. He later toured with the New York Jazz Band and contributed to an operetta in Berlin, which led to further European commissions. In 1928, Revel moved to New York City and began collaborating with lyricist Mack Gordon on Broadway productions, including Ziegfeld Follies of 1931 and Smiling Faces, among others. In 1932, they moved to Hollywood and wrote music for numerous films at Paramount Pictures and later 20th Century Fox, including Sitting Pretty and Stowaway, among many others. Revel received Academy Award nominations for âThereâs a Breeze on Lake Louiseâ (1942) and âRemember Me to Carolinaâ (1944). He later collaborated with Les Baxter and theremin player Samuel Hoffman on recordings such as Music Out of the Moon (1947). Revel died in New York City on November 3, 1958, and was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
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- Celestial Nocturne
- Lunette
- Mist O' The Moon
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- Afraid to Dream
