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Honoring Bernard Herrmann | Michigan Matinee

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Cary Grant in Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest." Bernard Herrmann composed the film's soundtrack.

Sun., Jun. 26 at 1 p.m. on 90.5 FM & STREAMING | Tune into selected works by Bernard Herrmann, one of film's greatest composers.

An hour of music by Bernard Herrmann as we celebrate the anniversary of his birth, June 29th, 1911. From his early days writing music for Citizen Kane, the Hitchcock era with North by Northwest and Psycho, and his final film score for Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver.

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