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William P. Perry is an American composer and television producer. ==Life and career== Born in Elmira, New York in 1930, he attended Harvard University〔Harvard Class of 1951 http://harvardmagazine.com/2008/07/in-their-nations-service.html〕 and studied with Paul Hindemith, Walter Piston, and Randall Thompson. His music has been performed by the Chicago Symphony, the Saint Louis Symphony, the Detroit Symphony and the symphonic orchestras of Cincinnati, Minnesota, Montreal, Calgary and Hartford as well as the Vienna Symphony, the Rome Philharmonic, the Slovak Philharmonic, the RTÉ National Symphony of Ireland and other orchestras in Europe. For twelve years, Perry was the music director and composer-in-residence at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where he composed and performed as a pianist more than two hundred scores for the Museum's silent film collection.〔''Women's Wear Daily'' February 7, 1972 Feature about Perry's music at the Museum of Modern Art.〕〔''The Boston Globe'' November 1, 1972 Review by Michael Steinberg〕 His subsequent PBS television series, "The Silent Years" (1971,1975) hosted by Orson Welles and Lillian Gish, won an Emmy Award.〔''Encyclopedia of American Television'' 1970-71 New York Area Emmy Award: Governors Award〕 Perry is often credited with having played a major role in the revival of interest in classic silent films.〔''Hartford Courant'' June 23, 1996 Cover Story "The Musical Man" by music critic Steve Metcalf〕〔''New York Times'' September 4, 2009 an appreciation by Bruce Eder.〕 For three years (1976–1978) he produced a national poetry series for PBS called "Anyone for Tennyson?",〔''TV Guide'' January 3, 1976 William Perry, Executive Producer〕〔''Time Magazine'' January 19, 1976,〕 starring Henry Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Claire Bloom, William Shatner and Vincent Price among others.〔''Lincoln Journal Star'' October 25, 2004〕 Fifty programs were presented over three seasons with more than three hundred poets represented.〔''Seattle Times'' May 20, 1976.〕 From these programs, he later developed and produced the four-part DVD series, "The Poetry Hall of Fame", which he also hosted. He was executive producer and composed the music for the Peabody Award-winning "Mark Twain Series" of feature films on PBS (1980–1985).〔George Foster Peabody Broadcasting Award http://www.peabody.uga.edu/winners/PeabodyWinnersBook.pdf 1981 The Great Amwell Company〕〔''Fanfare'' Magazine Sept./Oct.2008 Review of William Perry's Mark Twain scores by Colin Clarke〕 These films, produced by Perry's Great Amwell Company in association with the Nebraska ETV Network, also won five Cine Golden Eagle Awards.〔Cine Golden Eagle Awards http://www.cine.org/archives/winner-archives/index.php 1981, 1983(2),1984, 1986〕 Novelist Kurt Vonnegut introduced the series,〔LeMaster and Wilson, ''The Mark Twain Encyclopedia'' Media Interpretations Of Mark Twain's Life and Works〕 which began with "Life on the Mississippi"〔''Variety'' November 25, 1980 "A splendid adaptation"〕 and culminated with a four-hour adaptation of "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."〔''USA Today'' February 10, 1986 Review〕〔''New York Post'' "All-star cast"〕 This version for the first time emphasized the darker realities of the book.〔Haupt, ''Huckleberry Finn on Film: Film and Television Adaptations of Mark Twain's Novel''〕〔''Baltimore Sun'' February 10, 1986 Mark Twain and the American Dream〕 His Broadway musical, "Wind in the Willows",〔''New York Magazine'' October 31, 1983〕〔''Washington Post'' August 8, 1983 Out-of-Town Review by David Richards〕 starring Nathan Lane, won him Tony nominations for both music and lyrics (1986).〔Broadway World Magazine http://broadwayworld.com/tonyawardsyear.cfm?year=1986〕 Perry's dramatizations of the works of Mark Twain have included a staged musical biography, "Mark Twain: The Musical", that ran for ten summers (1987–1995) in Elmira, NY and Hartford, CT.〔''New York Times'' June 28, 1987 "An extravaganza of singing, acting and dancing"〕〔''New York Daily News'' August 7, 1996 Review by Howard Kissel〕 PBS produced a television version of the show. LML Music recently issued a CD of the complete original cast recording. His most prominent symphonic compositions include the ''Jamestown Concerto for Cello and Orchestra'' (2007),〔''The Strad'' Magazine, December 2008 Review by Joanne Talbot〕〔''Music Web International'' December 2008 Review by Bob Briggs〕 written to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the first permanent colony in America in Jamestown, Virginia. It was released on CD by Naxos Records with Yehuda Hanani as soloist and the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra conducted by William Eddins. His ''Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra'' was written for and recorded by Armando Ghitalla〔''Berkshire Eagle'' October 4, 2007 Musicologist Andrew Pincus reviews Ghitalla's performance of Perry trumpet music〕 with the composer conducting.〔''Fanfare'' Magazine February 2008 review〕 A new Naxos recording called "Music for Great Films of the Silent Era" includes his ''Three Rhapsodies for Piano and Orchestra'', the ''Gemini Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra'', written for the Albek Duo, and the suite, ''Six Title Themes in Search of a Movie''.〔Naxos Records Press Release http://www.naxos.com/news/default.asp?op=785&displayMenu=Naxos_News&type=2〕 William Perry's music can also be found on the Opus, Premier, and Bridge labels. It is published by Trobriand Music Company. Perry's background includes directorial and production experience in the formative years of television, writing script material for Lux Video Theatre and working with Arthur Godfrey, Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason and other entertainment icons.〔Harris, ''Always on Sunday. Ed Sullivan: An Inside View.'' Meredith Press〕 He directed the first color commercial to be broadcast live coast-to-coast ("The Price is Right") and the first musical commercial ever produced and broadcast on videotape ("The Jackie Gleason Show"). In addition to his film and musical work, William Perry has maintained a separate business life. In 2000, he and his wife, Marina Perry, founded Right Face Ltd., a skin care company distributing products throughout the world under the brand name Rosacea Care. Their company now has one of the world's largest and most comprehensive line of skin care products for rosacea and sensitive skin.〔London ''Daily Mail'' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/gallery-1003190/10-OF-THE-BEST-SUMMER-SKIN-PRODUCTS.html〕 Over the years William Perry has won more than a dozen ASCAP Awards for his musical compositions, and in 1984 Elmira College conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters in recognition of his contributions to the field of Mark Twain studies.〔''Oswego Valley News'' William Perry Litt.D. addresses Elmira College graduates〕 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「William P. Perry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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