Bernard Herrmann documentary

Questions

1) In which year was Bernard Herrmann born? ______________

2) Herrmann took composition classes at which University whilst still at High School?
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3) At the age of 23, Herrmann was conductor and arranger at which radio station?
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4) The first film that Herrmann scored was Citizen Kane. Who directed it?
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5) In what way did the music for Citizen Kane have an American flavour?
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6) From which composer did Herrmann get the idea of musical collage from?
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7) How did Herrmann record the impossible violin solo in The Devil and Daniel
Webster?
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8) How did Herrmann manage to balance together quiet and loud instruments (e.g.
bass flute and timpani)?
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9) What is the name of the electronic instrument that Herrmann used in The Day The
Earth Stood Still? ______________
10) In 1955, Herrmann started a long working partnership with which director?
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11) a. Which technique did Herrmann direct string players not to use in his scores?
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b. Why? __________________________________
12) a. What instruments feature most prominently in the Vertigo theme tune?
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b. According to Goodall, what do these child-like timbres suggest?
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13) In Vertigo, what happens in the harp part when Scottie experiences his fear of
heights?
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14) Why does Goodall say that Herrmann did 20th Century Classical music a huge favour?
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15) a. Which is the only family of instruments used in Psycho? ______________
b. What was Herrmann’s reason for choosing this ensemble?
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16) What were the string players instructed to do throughout Psycho to make the sound
colder and thinner? __________________________________
17) Why did Herrmann dislike long arching melodies?
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18) What interval is used in Psycho at points of maximum aggression? ______________
19) The music in the driving scenes is made up of how many notes? ______________
20) Herrmann’s economy of melodic material in Psycho was perhaps inspired by which
composer? __________________________________
21) a. How many notes are there in the madness motif? ______________
b. How did Herrmann transform these notes for the shower scene?
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22) a. Creating pieces of music out of evolving repeated figures became the cornerstone
of which musical movement? ______________
b. In which decade was this movement pioneered? ______________
23) a. What musical genre does Herrmann make use of in the final scene of Psycho in
which Norman Bates is interviewed? ______________
b. Why does Goodall suggest that Herrmann used it?
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24) The partnership between Hitchcock and Herrmann ended in 1965 when Hitchcock
fired Herrmann from which film? __________________________________
25) a. What was Herrmann’s final film? __________________________________
b. What award did he win posthumously for this? ______________