Background
NORTH, Alex was born on December 4, 1910 in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Jesse North and Bela N.
NORTH, Alex was born on December 4, 1910 in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Jesse North and Bela N.
Juilliard School of Music, New York, Moscow Conservatory of Music and under composers Aaron Copland and Ernst Toch.
Composer: (opera) Hither and Thither of Danny Dither, (ballets) American Lyric, 1937, Daddy Long Legs, Mal de siècle, Wall Street Ballet, (musicals) Rhapsody for piano and orchestra, 1941, Revue for clarinet and orchestra (performed by Benny Goodman), 1946, 3 symphonies, 1947, 1968, 1971, 3 symphonic suites from film scores, Holiday set, 1948, cantatas for chorus and orchestra Morning Star, 1947, Negro Mother, 1948, (film scores) Streetcar Named Desire, 1951, Death of a Salesman, Viva Zapata, 1952, Member of the Wedding, The Rose Tattoo, 1955, The Rainmaker, 1957, Spartacus, 1960, Children's Hour, Cleopatra, 1963, The Misfits, The Agony and the Ecstasy, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 1966, Shoes of the Fisherman, 1969, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Once, Upon a Scoundrel, Bite the Bullet, Shanks, Wise Blood, Carny, Dragon Slayer, Under the Volcano, Prizzi's Honor, Good Morning Vietnam, 1987, The Dead, 1987, The Penitent, 1987, The Last Butterfly, 1989, numerous others, also television scores.
Married Annemarie Hoellger in 1972.