12 Facts About Richard Hageman

Richard Hageman was a Dutch-born American conductor, pianist, and composer.

Richard Hageman was the son of Maurits Hageman of Zutphen, a violinist, pianist and conductor, and of Hester Westerhoven of Amsterdam, a singer who performed under the name Francisca Stoetz.

Richard Hageman studied at the conservatories of Amsterdam and Brussels.

Richard Hageman travelled to the United States in 1906 to accompany Yvette Guilbert on a national tour.

Richard Hageman stayed and eventually became an American citizen in 1925.

Richard Hageman was a coach in voice and collaborative at the Chicago Musical College in the 1920s, where one of his notable piano students was Ray Turner, who went on to play with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra, worked as the staff pianist at Paramount Studios for over 20 years, and was a popular recording and concert artist.

Richard Hageman was a guest conductor at orchestras such as the Chicago, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles symphony orchestras.

Richard Hageman is known to the film community for his work as an actor and film score composer, most notably for his work on several John Ford films in the late 1930s and after the war in the late 1940s.

Richard Hageman shared an Academy Award for his score to Ford's 1939 western Stagecoach and was nominated for the score of This Woman Is Mine.

Richard Hageman played minor roles in eleven movies, for example as opera conductor Carlo Santi in The Great Caruso.

Richard Hageman was a National Patron of Delta Omicron, an international professional music fraternity.

Richard Hageman is credited for the scores of about 20 films, and his compositions have been used in many additional films.