HERMAN CLEBANOFF
Genres: Exotica, Jazz Related Soundtracks • United States

Born 2 May 1917, Chicago, Illinois Died 13 January 2004, Sherman Oaks, California Maestro Clebanoff led Mercury Records' answer to Mantovani and the other string groups that were a mandatory element of any self-respecting space age pop label's repertoire. Son of Russian emigrants, Clebanoff grew up in Chicago, where he bagen studying the violin at the age of five. By the time he was in high school, he was already an experienced concertmaster and first chair violinist in several string quartets. By age twenty, he was both concertmaster of the Chicago Civic Orchestra and youngest member of the Chicago Symphony. He took a step down and joined Illinois' Works Progress Administration (WPA) symphony in 1939, with which he toured and played to a wide variety of audiences. He also met and married his wife, Helen Margolyne, a soprano with the Chicago Civic Opera, during this time. He returned to Chicago and became a read more...