Composer
Richard M. Sherman
American composer (1928-2024)
1928–2024
54 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1928
- Died
- 2024
- Birthplace
- New York City
- Place of death
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- Citizenship / historical state
- United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Richard Morton Sherman (June 12, 1928 – May 25, 2024) was an American songwriter who specialized in musical films with his brother Robert B. Sherman. According to the official Walt Disney Company website and independent fact checkers, "The Sherman Brothers were responsible for more motion picture musical song scores than any other songwriting team in film history."
Some of the Sherman Brothers' best known songs were incorporated into live action and animation musical films including Mary Poppins, The Happiest Millionaire, The Sword in the Stone, The Jungle Book, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Snoopy Come Home, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Slipper and the Rose, and Charlotte's Web.
Their best known work is "It's a Small World", written for the theme park attraction of the same name. According to Time, it may be the most publicly performed song in history.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- songwriter; composer; screenwriter; actor; lyricist
- Education
- Bard College; Beverly Hills High School
- Recorded memberships
- Sherman Brothers
- Instruments played
- flute
- Genres
- musical film
- Awards
- National Medal of Arts; Academy Award for Best Original Score; Academy Award for Best Original Song; Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media; Disney Legends
- Birth name
- Richard Morton Sherman
- Native languages
- English
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 64197728
- ISNI
- 0000000109094953
- GND ID
- 134772059
- Library of Congress ID
- n88630687
- MusicBrainz ID
- c47026a1-3300-4cf7-80df-8b9462a884e4
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Vocal, Guitar, Voice, Accordion
- Genres represented
- pop, Children, Film and TV, Broadway, Musicals
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue page 2 of 2
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Old Home Guard | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Eglantine | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| With A Flair | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Don't Let Me Down | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Overture | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Substitutiary Locomotion | See work details |
| View sheet music |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 64197728. Portrait: Greg Hernandez, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.