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Choral director, conductor, and arranger <a href="spotify:artist:5sJD1GQoyuvWwT2KsvQ9nA">Walter Schumann</a> was born October 8, 1913, in New York City; he later studied law at the University of Southern California, but as his collegiate dance band earned a devoted campus following he ultimately quit school to pursue music full-time. By the late '30s Schumann was working with the likes of <a href="spotify:artist:2pDFdLHKOmzKiNDzkz7p8L">Eddie Cantor</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:5o8VwH65WkP2WrKliKzACM">Andre Kostelanetz</a>; during World War II he also served as musical director of the Armed Forces Radio Service, later conducting the touring orchestra that supported the <a href="spotify:artist:32zXZpxwb2bq7oGzAhe1Ii">Irving Berlin</a> revue This Is the Army. After the war ended Schumann went to Hollywood, where he conducted and arranged music for countless film and television productions; among his most notable projects was the score to the cult classic The Night of the Hunter.
While by the mid-'50s Schumann was known primarily for his instrumental work -- his immortal theme for the TV crime drama Dragnet won an Emmy award in 1955 -- he also harbored an affection for choral music that ultimately led to his formation of the group <a href="spotify:artist:5sJD1GQoyuvWwT2KsvQ9nA">Voices of Walter Schumann</a>. After issuing a self-titled LP for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Capitol%22">Capitol</a>, the ensemble jumped to RCA Victor for a series of easy listening albums including Scrapbook and When We Were Young; another release for the the label, Exploring the Unknown, is highly prized among connoisseurs of space age pop. Sadly, <a href="spotify:artist:5sJD1GQoyuvWwT2KsvQ9nA">Voices</a>' run was cut short after Schumann died of a sudden heart attack following a performance in Minneapolis on August 21, 1958; he was just 45 years old. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
While by the mid-'50s Schumann was known primarily for his instrumental work -- his immortal theme for the TV crime drama Dragnet won an Emmy award in 1955 -- he also harbored an affection for choral music that ultimately led to his formation of the group <a href="spotify:artist:5sJD1GQoyuvWwT2KsvQ9nA">Voices of Walter Schumann</a>. After issuing a self-titled LP for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Capitol%22">Capitol</a>, the ensemble jumped to RCA Victor for a series of easy listening albums including Scrapbook and When We Were Young; another release for the the label, Exploring the Unknown, is highly prized among connoisseurs of space age pop. Sadly, <a href="spotify:artist:5sJD1GQoyuvWwT2KsvQ9nA">Voices</a>' run was cut short after Schumann died of a sudden heart attack following a performance in Minneapolis on August 21, 1958; he was just 45 years old. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
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