Biography
Herbert Stothart
Effective period / Period of releases: 1980
Herbert Stothart (September 11, 1885 – February 1, 1949) was a songwriter, composer, arranger and conductor. During the 1920s he wrote for New York Broadway productions, as sound became added to movies he moved Hollywood. In 1940 he was awarded an Oscar for his soundtrack to The Wizard of Oz.