The son of bandleader Louis Katzman, he grew up in New York City in a musical household and quickly took to the piano as his instrument of choice. He was one of the founders of BMI, which was established as an alternative to ASCAP, the leading music publisher of the day. ASCAP had focused solely on big band music and refused to publish works in such categories as blues, country, jazz, and folk. BMI's creation allowed for the expansion of American music, and helped pave the way for the eventual rise of rock, soul, and country music.
In March 1940, BMI issued their very first contract, which was for "We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together", with music composed by Katzman and lyrics by Robert Sour. Although this was the first song published by BMI, it has been frequently covered by a wide variety of artists, including vintage recordings by Barbara Lea, Judy Garland, and Liza Minnelli, and more recent recordings by Phil Woods and Bebo Valdés. Katzman composed over 65 other popular works, including "Delilah", "Starlight Sonata" (famously covered by a young Frank Sinatra), "Keep An Eye On Your Heart", "Mabel Mabel" (covered by Nat King Cole), and "Braggin'" (covered by Bob Dylan). He also composed soundtrack music, including "Thumper Song" and "Twitterpated" for the original Bambi animated film.
As a pianist, he played with George Gershwin and accompanied Irène Bordoni, Fred Allen, and Jan Peerce. He also volunteered with the Veterans Bedside Network, and was a long-time member of the Radio Pioneers.
henry, katzman, henry, manners, katzman, march, 1912, 2001, american, musician, composer, painter, founders, broadcast, music, incorporated, henry, manners, katzman, 20sbackground, informationbirth, namealso, known, ashenry, mannersborn, 1912, march, 1912diedm. Henry Manners Katzman March 2 1912 May 11 2001 was an American musician composer painter and one of the founders of Broadcast Music Incorporated BMI Henry Manners KatzmanHenry Katzman in his 20sBackground informationBirth nameHenry KatzmanAlso known asHenry MannersBorn 1912 03 02 March 2 1912DiedMay 11 2001 2001 05 11 aged 89 Occupation s Composer painter musician The son of bandleader Louis Katzman he grew up in New York City in a musical household and quickly took to the piano as his instrument of choice He was one of the founders of BMI which was established as an alternative to ASCAP the leading music publisher of the day ASCAP had focused solely on big band music and refused to publish works in such categories as blues country jazz and folk BMI s creation allowed for the expansion of American music and helped pave the way for the eventual rise of rock soul and country music Henry Katzman and Carl Sandberg September 1953 In March 1940 BMI issued their very first contract which was for We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together with music composed by Katzman and lyrics by Robert Sour Although this was the first song published by BMI it has been frequently covered by a wide variety of artists including vintage recordings by Barbara Lea Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli and more recent recordings by Phil Woods and Bebo Valdes Katzman composed over 65 other popular works including Delilah Starlight Sonata famously covered by a young Frank Sinatra Keep An Eye On Your Heart Mabel Mabel covered by Nat King Cole and Braggin covered by Bob Dylan He also composed soundtrack music including Thumper Song and Twitterpated for the original Bambi animated film As a pianist he played with George Gershwin and accompanied Irene Bordoni Fred Allen and Jan Peerce He also volunteered with the Veterans Bedside Network and was a long time member of the Radio Pioneers External links editHenry Katzman at IMDb Henry Katzman s compositions for BMI We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together on the Judy Garland homepage Obituary in the San Francisco Chronicle Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Henry Katzman amp oldid 1087834226, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
