Martin, Ray (Composer)

LC control no.	n 2014003683
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Martin, Ray (Composer) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Martin, Ray, 1918-1988 Martin, Raymond Stuart, 1918-1988 Kohn, Kurt, 1918-1988
Birth date	1918-10-11
Death date	1988-02-07
Place of birth	Vienna (Austria)
Place of death	Johannesburg (South Africa)
Profession or occupation	Arrangers (Musicians) Composers Conductors (Music) Violinists
Special note	Formerly on undifferentiated name record: n 93017670
Found in	Finale, 19-- (Ray Martin [composer]) Pop concert [SR] 1953: label (Ray Martin) Wikipedia, August 30, 2018 (Ray Martin (orchestra leader); Ray Martin (Raymond Stuart Martin; born Kurt Kohn and later anglicised his name); 11 October 1918--7 February 1988; British-Austrian orchestra leader noted for his light music compositions; he was born in Vienna, Austria and was initially a violinist; he immigrated to England in 1938; he became an arranger and composer for the Royal Air Force Band; after World War 2, he worked in radio for the British Forces Network in Hamburg, Germany, and later formed his own orchestra for a programme called Melody from the Sky which had over 500 performances; he became the conductor of the BBC Northern Variety Orchestra and also worked for EMI as a record producer and arranger; in this period he wrote many scores for TV and movies, including the score to the acclaimed Diana Dors film Yield to the Night in 1956; he moved to the US in 1957, where he worked on both Broadway and Hollywood productions; in 1959 he arranged two LPs of Classic US Television Themes named Impact and Double Impact on RCA-Victor for Buddy Morrow and his Orchestra; Martin composed more than 2,000 works, many of which were recorded for RCA and Polydor; he returned to the UK in 1972; in 1980 he moved to South Africa, where he died in Johannesburg from cancer in 1988 at the age of 69)