Hershy kay biography

Hershy Kay November 17, — December 2, was an American composer, arranger, and orchestrator. He is most noteworthy for the orchestrations of several Broadway shows, and for the ballets he arranged for George Balanchine 's New York City Ballet.

Biography Hershey Kay (17 November , Philadelphia, Penn.

The son of a Philadelphia printer, Kay became a student at Philadelphia 's Curtis Institute — where he studied cello and composition under Randall Thompson , in whose classes he was a classmate of Leonard Bernstein. Self-taught as an orchestrator, for his first professional project Kay orchestrated several songs for Brazilian soprano Elsie Houston 's show at the Rainbow Room in When Leonard Bernstein commissioned Kay to orchestrate his musical comedy On the Town in , Kay became one of the most sought after orchestrators on Broadway.

Kay died on December 2, , in Danbury, Connecticut. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history.

The son of a Philadelphia printer, Kay became a student at Philadelphia's Curtis Institute (–) where he studied cello and composition under Randall Thompson, in whose classes he was a classmate of Leonard Bernstein.

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