Oscar Brand (1920–2016)
Autor de Songs of '76
Sobre El Autor
Oscar Brand was born on a wheat farm near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on February 7, 1920. He received a degree in psychology from Brooklyn College. In 1942, he joined the Army, where he worked in the psychology section of an induction center and edited a newspaper for psychiatric patients. After mostrar más his discharge, he focused on music. Besides performing and recording folk music, he wrote books, articles, and the scores for Broadway musicals and documentary films. One of his books was entitled How to Play the Guitar Better Than Me. For more than 70 years, he hosted the radio show Folksong Festival. In 1995, he won a Peabody Award for "more than 50 years in service to the music and messages of folk performers and fans around the world." He died from pneumonia on September 30, 2016 at the age of 96. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras de Oscar Brand
Old Time Bawdy Sea Shanties 1 copia
Oscar Brand Sings For Adults 1 copia
The Original Hootenanny 1 copia
Folk Songs by Request 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1920-02-07
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2016-09-30
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Canada
- Lugar de nacimiento
- near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Great Neck, New York, USA
- Causa de fallecimiento
- pneumonia
- Lugares de residencia
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Educación
- Brooklyn College (BS|Psychology|1942)
- Ocupaciones
- folk singer
musician
radio host
songwriter
composer - Organizaciones
- WNYC
- Premios y honores
- Peabody Award (1995)
Miembros
Listas
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 23
- Miembros
- 120
- Popularidad
- #165,356
- Valoración
- 3.6
- ISBNs
- 7