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Kenyon Hopkins (January 15, 1912 – April 7, 1983) was an American composer who composed many film scores in a jazz idiom. He was once called "one of jazz's great composers and arrangers."
Kenyon Hopkins was born on 15 January 1912 in Coffeyville, Kansas, USA. He was a composer, known for 12 Angry Men (1957), The Hustler (1961) and East Side/West Side (1963). He died on 7 April 1983 in Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
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Kenyon Hopkins. American composer who wrote many film scores in a jazz idiom. Born in Coffeyville, Kansas (USA) on January 15, 1912. Died in Princeton, New Jersey (USA) on April 7, 1983.
Kenyon Hopkins. (1912—1983) Quick Reference. B. 15 January 1912, Coffeyville, Kansas, USA, d. 7 April 1983, Princeton, New Jersey, USA. After studying composition and music theory at Oberlin College and Temple University, Hopkins began his ... From: Hopkins Kenyon in Encyclopedia of Popular Music » Subjects: Music. Reference entries.
KENYON HOPKINS is one of jazz's great composers and arrangers - though he's very little known today. He spent much of his career during the 1950s and 1960s in the New York studios, where he became king of "the concept album."
May 29, 2022 · Kenyon Hopkins – Bossa Blue Nova. Easy Library. 6.72K subscribers. Subscribed. 9. 377 views 2 years ago. from: Kenyon Hopkins And His Orchestra – The Reporter The original music from the...
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Kenyon Hopkins. A great and much underrated composer of jazz-inflected film scores and musical portraits. Hopkins attended Oberlin College and Temple University, studying composition and music theory. He worked in television beginning in the mid-1950s and branched out into film scoring soon after.
