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{{Short description|South African composer}}
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{{more footnotes needed|date=December 2011}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Harry Rabinowitz
| honorific_suffix = [[Member of the Order of the British Empire|MBE]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1916|3|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Johannesburg]], [[Union of South Africa]]
| birth_name =
| occupation = Conductor, composer
| death_date = {{dda|2016|6|22|1916|3|26|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Lacoste, Vaucluse]], France
| spouse = Lorna Anderson (1944–2000) Mary C. Scott (2001–2016)
| children = 3
}}

'''Harry Rabinowitz''' [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (26 March 1916 – 22 June 2016) was a South African-British conductor and composer of film and television music.<ref name="Larkin50">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2002|edition=Third|isbn=1-85227-937-0|page=347}}</ref> Born in [[Johannesburg]], South Africa, he was the son of Israel and Eva Rabinowitz. He was educated at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]] and at London's [[Guildhall School of Music and Drama]].<ref name="Larkin50"/>

==Career==
Rabinowitz's musical career began as a six-week stint playing sheet music for potential customers in a Johannesburg department store. His first job conducting an orchestra was for a show called ''Strike a New Note'' in 1945, using a rolled-up newspaper as a baton. Rabinowitz left Johannesburg for England in 1946 to study conducting.

He was conductor of the BBC Revue Orchestra (1953–60), music director for [[BBC Television]] Light Entertainment (1960–68), and head of music for [[London Weekend Television]] (1968–77).<ref name="Larkin50"/> He conducted at the [[Hollywood Bowl]] (1983–84) and the [[Boston Pops Orchestra]] (1985–92) and with the [[London Symphony Orchestra]] and the [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]].<ref name="Larkin50"/> He was the conductor at the [[Orchestra of St. Luke's]] [[Ismail Merchant]] and [[James Ivory (director)|James Ivory]] 35th anniversary celebration at [[Carnegie Hall]] on 17 September 1996.{{fact|date=March 2024}}

Rabinowitz conducted film scores, including ''[[Hanover Street (film)|Hanover Street]]'' (1979), ''[[Chariots of Fire]]'' (1981), ''[[Heat and Dust (film)|Heat and Dust]]'' (1983), ''[[The Bostonians (film)|The Bostonians]]'' (1984), ''[[Return to Oz]]'' (1985), ''[[Lady Jane (1986 film)|Lady Jane]]'' (1986), ''[[Maurice (1987 film)|Maurice]]'' (1987), ''[[The Remains of the Day (film)|The Remains of the Day]]'' (1993), ''[[The English Patient (film)|The English Patient]]'' (1996), ''[[The Talented Mr. Ripley (film)|The Talented Mr. Ripley]]'' (1999), and ''[[Cold Mountain (film)|Cold Mountain]]'' (2003).<ref name="Larkin50"/> Rabinowitz also composed for television, including ''[[The Frost Report]]'' (1966), ''[[I, Claudius (TV series)|I, Claudius]]'' (1976) and ''The Agatha Christie Hour'' (1982).{{fact|date=March 2024}}

He appeared onscreen in the television programme ''[[Top C's and Tiaras]]''.{{fact|date=March 2024}}

In June 2015, Rabinowitz was the guest castaway on [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''[[Desert Island Discs]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0606n6b/segments|title=Desert Island Discs: Harry Rabinowitz: Music Played|publisher=BBC Radio 4|accessdate=23 June 2016}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Rabinowitz was married twice. On 15 December 1944; his first wife was Lorna Thurlow Anderson.{{fact|date=March 2024}} The couple divorced in 2000.{{fact|date=March 2024}} On 18 March 2001, he wed Mary (Mitzi) C. Scott.{{fact|date=March 2024}}

Rabinowitz [[centenarian|reached 100 years of age]] on 26 March 2016.<ref name="Centenary">{{cite web|url = http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_news.php?id=3630|title = Harry Rabinowitz – Chariots of Fire, The Remains of the Day, The English Patient, The Talented Mr Ripley – is 100 today|date = 2016-03-26|publisher = Classical Source|access-date = 2016-03-30|archive-date = 9 April 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160409115325/http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_news.php?id=3630|url-status = dead}}</ref> He died on 22 June 2016 at his home in [[Lacoste, Vaucluse]], France.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/art/2016/07/harry_rabinowitz.html|title=Harry Rabinowitz, conductor who lived part time in Portland, is dead at 100|author=Amy Wang|publisher=[[OregonLive.com]]|date=1 July 2016|accessdate=17 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cdn1_3.reseaudescommunes.fr/cities/1771/documents/9c842tjiisj7i9.pdf|title=Bulletin municipal – Été 2016|publisher=Lacoste municipality|date=Summer 2016|accessdate=17 September 2019}}</ref> Rabinowitz continued to play the piano every day until his death.<ref name=classsicfm>{{cite web|url=http://www.classicfm.com/music-news/latest-news/harry-rabinowitz-obituary/#HmvY6Fc7yWFGbEug.99|title=Harry Rabinowitz, TV and film composer and conductor, dies aged 100|website=Classicfm.com|accessdate=27 October 2019|archive-date=27 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927051355/https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/latest-news/harry-rabinowitz-obituary/#HmvY6Fc7yWFGbEug.99|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Other sources==
* ''Debrett's People of Today''. Debrett's Peerage Ltd, 2008.
* ''Marquis Who's Who'', 2008.
* [[Neil Strauss|Strauss, Neil]], "Lush Odes to the Art of Two Film Makers", in ''[[The New York Times]]'', 19 September 1996, p. C16.

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0704948}}
*[http://www.pamplinmedia.com/component/content/article?id=61914 Q&A with Harry Rabinowitz] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924063856/http://www.pamplinmedia.com/component/content/article?id=61914 |date=24 September 2015 }}
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/47234/supplement/7098 MBE Listings]
*[https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36606891 Obituary – BBC]
*[http://lso.co.uk/more/news/561-obituary-harry-rabinowitz-1916-2016.html Obituary with death date – London Symphony Orchestra]

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