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Robert De Cormier(1922-2017)

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Composer, conductor and arranger, educated at Juilliard. He taught at the Little Red Schoolhouse for six years, and conducted and arranged for Harry Belafonte, later founding the Robert De Cormier Singers, and making many records. He joined ASCAP in 1958, and arranged for the Broadway musicals "110 In the Shade" and "The Happiest Girl In the World". His popular-song compositions include "Walking Together Children".
BornJanuary 7, 1922
DiedNovember 7, 2017(95)
BornJanuary 7, 1922
DiedNovember 7, 2017(95)
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Known for

Great Performances (1971)
Great Performances
7.9
TV Series
  • Music Department
Candice Bergen, Shirley Knight, Joan Hackett, Elizabeth Hartman, Joanna Pettet, Mary-Robin Redd, Jessica Walter, and Kathleen Widdoes in The Group (1966)
The Group
6.6
  • Music Department
  • 1966
Walter Matthau in Play of the Week (1959)
Play of the Week
7.1
TV Series
  • Music Department
The Great American Dream Machine (1971)
The Great American Dream Machine
7.9
TV Series
  • Music Department

Credits

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Music Department



  • Great Performances (1971)
    Great Performances
    7.9
    TV Series
    • choral director
    • 1991
  • The Great American Dream Machine (1971)
    The Great American Dream Machine
    7.9
    TV Series
    • chorus conducted and arranged by
    • 1972
  • Our American Musical Heritage
    TV Series
    • musical direction
    • 1971
  • The George Mitchell Choir: Around the World in Song
    TV Series
    • musical director
    • choral arrangements
    • 1962–1966
  • Candice Bergen, Shirley Knight, Joan Hackett, Elizabeth Hartman, Joanna Pettet, Mary-Robin Redd, Jessica Walter, and Kathleen Widdoes in The Group (1966)
    The Group
    6.6
    • conductor
    • 1966
  • Ed Sullivan in The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
    The Ed Sullivan Show
    7.9
    TV Series
    • chorus director
    • 1962
  • Belafonte, New York 19
    TV Special
    • musical director (as Robert DeCormier)
    • 1960
  • Walter Matthau in Play of the Week (1959)
    Play of the Week
    7.1
    TV Series
    • music
    • 1959

Soundtrack



  • That Time of Year (2018)
    That Time of Year
    6.2
    • lyrics: "The Son of Mary"
    • music: "The Son of Mary"
    • 2018
  • American Horror Story (2011)
    American Horror Story
    7.9
    TV Series
    • performer: "It Could Be a Wonderful World" (uncredited)
    • 2012
  • Our American Musical Heritage
    TV Series
    • performer: "Yesterday"
    • performer: "Do Re Mi" (uncredited, uncredited)
    • 1971

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Bob DeCormier
  • Born
    • January 7, 1922
    • Long Island, New York, USA
  • Died
    • November 7, 2017
    • Rutland, Vermont, USA(complications from a urinary infection)
  • Spouse
    • Louise Dobbs1950 - November 7, 2017 (his death, 2 children)
  • Other works
    Work: "The Jolly Beggars" (cantata).

Did you know

  • Trivia
    He took up the trumpet at age 7, and continued while attending Colby College in Maine and the University of New Mexico. His trumpet playing ended during WWII, when a German mortar shell nearly severed his right wrist while his Army infantry unit was advancing toward the Rhine River. He was recovering at a hospital on Staten Island when he began singing with the CIO chorus.

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