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Harry Rabinowitz MBE (born 26 March 1916 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a British conductor and composer of film and television music. Harry Rabinowitz is the son of Israel Rabinowitz and Eva, née Kirkel. He was educated at the University of the Witwatersrand and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. ==Career== Rabinowitz' musical career began as a six-week stint playing sheet music for potential customers in a Johannesburg department store. His first job conducting an orchestra was for a show called ''Strike a New Note'' in 1945, using a rolled-up newspaper for a baton. Rabinowitz left Johannesburg for England in 1946 to study conducting. He was conductor of the BBC Revue Orchestra (1953–60), music director for BBC Television Light Entertainment (1960–68), and head of music for London Weekend Television (1968–77). He has conducted at the Hollywood Bowl (1983-84) and the Boston Pops Orchestra (1985-92). He has conducted the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He was the conductor at the Orchestra of St. Luke's Ismail Merchant and James Ivory 35th anniversary celebration at Carnegie Hall on 17 September 1996. He has conducted the film scores for dozens of movies including ''Chariots of Fire'' (1981), ''Return to Oz'' (1985), ''The Remains of the Day'' (1993), ''The English Patient'' (1996), '' The Talented Mr. Ripley''(1999), and ''Cold Mountain'' (2003). He has also composed music for television including ''The Frost Report'' (1966), ''I, Claudius'' (1976), ''The Agatha Christie Hour'' (1982), and ''Reilly, Ace of Spies'' (1983). Rabinowitz is a great believer in under-rehearsing orchestras, hoping it can be said of him that he never wasted his colleagues’ time. In June 2015 Rabinowitz was the guest on BBC Radio 4's ''Desert Island Discs''. His choices included West End Blues by Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines; the Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2, No. 2 by Beethoven; the ''Hymn to Diana'' by Peter Pears, Dennis Brain and Benjamin Britten; the fourth movement of the Symphony No. 1 by Walton; ''She'' by Charles Aznavour; ''Memory'' by Elaine Paige and ''Kip's Lights'' from the soundtrack of ''The English Patient'' by Gabriel Yared. His favourite piece was the theme tune to ''Reilly, Ace of Spies'', a composition by himself based on a theme by Dmitri Shostakovich. His book choice was ''The Red and the Black'' by Stendhal and his luxury item was a pitch pipe. He reminded the presenter Kirsty Young that, at the age of 99, he had been waiting for the invitation, since first being offered an appearance on the show, for 63 years. Rabinowitz still plays the piano daily.〔()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harry Rabinowitz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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