What is Harry Rabinowitz?
{{Infobox person | name = Harry Rabinowitz | honorific_suffix = <small> [[Member of the Order of the British Empire|MBE]] </small> | birth_date = {{birth date|1916|3|26|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Johannesburg]],[[ South Africa]] | birth_name = | occupation = Conductor, composer of film and television music | death_date = {{dda|2016|6|22|1916|3|26|df=y}} | death_place = [[France]] | residence = | spouse = Mary C. Scott | children = 3 }} '''Harry Rabinowitz''' [[MBE]] (26 March 1916 &ndash; 22 June 2016) was a [[South Africa]]n conductor and composer of movie and television music. He was born in [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]]. He was of [[Jew]]ish descent. ==Career== Rabinowitz conducted the movie scores for many movies including ''[[Hanover Street (movie)|Hanover Street]]'' (1979), ''[[Chariots of Fire]]'' (1981), ''[[Heat and Dust (movie)|Heat and Dust]]'' (1983), ''[[The Bostonians (movie)|The Bostonians]]'' (1984), ''[[Return to Oz]]'' (1985), ''[[Lady Jane (1986 movie)|Lady Jane]]'' (1986), ''[[Maurice (movie)|Maurice]]'' (1987), ''[[The Remains of the Day (movie)|The Remains of the Day]]'' (1993), ''[[The English Patient (movie)|The English Patient]]'' (1996), ''[[The Talented Mr. Ripley (movie)| The Talented Mr. Ripley]]'' (1999), and ''[[Cold Mountain (film)|Cold Mountain]]'' (2003). He also composed music for television including ''[[The Frost Report]]'' (1966), ''[[I, Claudius (TV series)|I, Claudius]]'' (1976), ''The Agatha Christie Hour'' (1982), and ''[[Reilly, Ace of Spies]]'' (1983). 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|access-date=23 June 2016}}</ref> ==Death== Rabinowitz died on 22 June 2016 at his home in [[France]], aged 100.<ref name=bbc>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36606891|title=Harry Rabinowitz, composer and conductor, dies at 100 - BBC News}}</