Erno Rapee

Hungarian-American conductor, composer, pianist & author.

Born 4 June 1891 in Budapest, Hungary.

Died 26 June 1945 in New York City, New York, USA.

Best known works: "[i]Charmaine[/i]" (1920's) and "[i]Diane[/i]" (1930's), successfully performed by [a=The Bachelors] in 1960's.

Rapee was the musical director with various theatres in New York. He was the chief conductor of the Radio City Symphony Orchestra from 1932-1945, whose music was also heard by millions over the air on the radio program [i]Radio City Music Hall of the Air[/i]. He was under contract with Twentieth Century Fox and was musical director on over 30 films.

He was also the author of the [i]Encyclopaedia of Music for Pictures[/i], [i]Motion Picture Moods for Pianists and Organists[/i] and other books.