Peter Matz Net Worth

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Peter Matz Net Worth

Peter Matz Net Worth is
$700,000

Peter Matz Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Peter Matz was born on November 6, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for his work on The Carol Burnett Show (1967), Torch Song Trilogy (1988) and Funny Lady (1975). He was married to Marilyn Lovell. He died on August 9, 2002 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Full NamePeter Matz
Date Of BirthNovember 6, 1928
Died2002-01-01
Place Of BirthPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
ProfessionMusic Department, Composer, Soundtrack
EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles
NationalityAmerican
SpouseMarilyn Lovell Matz, Dolores Janet Perry
ChildrenJonas Christopher Matz, Peter Zachary Matz
ParentsLouis N. Matz, Alice Matz
AwardsGrammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievements In Entertainment, Primetime Emmy Award for Best Music Direction - Variety, Music or Dramatic Program
NominationsPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction, Academy Award for Best Original Song Score, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score), Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director, Drama Desk Award for Outsta...
MoviesFunny Lady, Marlowe, Stepping Out, Torch Song Trilogy, Eunice, The Private Eyes, Lust in the Dust, Rivals, Bye Bye Braverman, The Great Houdini, The Prize Fighter, The Man in the Santa Claus Suit, The Ten Million Dollar Getaway, White Mama, The Muppets Go Hollywood, One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore...
Star SignScorpio
#Fact
1The 1955 Columbia Records live album LP disk "Noël Coward in Las Vegas" is a vocal masterpiece, is without doubt the master's finest appearance on record, accompanied by Peter Matz. The tracks are as follows: (1) Noël Coward Medley - 5:19; (2) Uncle Harry - 3:45; (3) Lock Lomond (traditional) - 2:28; (4) A Bar on the Piccola Marina - 4:48; (5) World Weary - 3:11 - used in Cockran's revue 'This Year of Grace'; (6) Nina (Coward, Cole Porter) - 4:22 - for the revue 'Sigh No More'; (7) Mad Dogs and Englishmen - 3:14 - used in Cockran's revue 'Words and Music'; (8) Matelot - 4:35; (9) Alice is At it Again - 3:33; (10) A Room with a View - 3:04 - used in Cockran's revue 'This Year of Grace'; (11) Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love (Porter) - 4:30 - song from Cole Porter's "Paris"; (12) The Party's Over Now - 1:44 - used in Cockran's revue 'Words and Music'. What amazes about Noël Coward's Desert Inn Casino lounge show is his ability to convey with no detectable effort all of the nimble diction and convivial grace necessary to perform these intricate songs in a live setting - not a syllable out of place, not a line delivered but with ease and precision. Coward did in fact share much with his live audience; he leaves his audience absolutely crackling in glee at the English stuffed shirts who populate his comic pieces "Uncle Harry," "A Bar on the Piccola Marina" and his classic "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" - a vocal masterpiece. "Noël Coward in Las Vegas" is without a doubt the master's finest appearance on record.
2Peter Matz's name and musical reputation would have been secured for posterity even if the only thing he had achieved in life had been his accompaniments and arrangements for Noël Coward's cabaret concert appearances at Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas during the month of June 1955. In New York City during late April of 1955, Noël learned his English piano accompanist Norman Hackforth had been refused a work permit for the USA. Peter Matz, on his arrival in New York City in 1954 from his two year sojourn in Paris, France, returned to New York to study music theory and piano. Matz gained a job as rehearsal pianist for Harold Arlen's Broadway musical "House of Flowers" based on the celebrated Truman Capote novella about love in a brothel in the West Indies, opening 30 December 1954, running 165 performances. Peter Matz provided the vocal and dance arrangements for the Arlen/Capote Broadway musical. Matz's varied musical skills obvious, as the job expanded to writing orchestrations and vocal arrangements for Arlen's next musical, "Jamaica" starring Lena Horne. It was Arlen who introduced Peter Matz to Marlene Dietrich, who needed someone to help construct and accompany her cabaret concert act. Frantic, running out of prep time for the 3 June 1955 opening at the Wilbur Clark's Las Vegas Desert Inn Hotel and Casino concert engagement, Noël confided to Marlene Dietrich of his long time collaborator-pianist's work permit denial by the State Department. Matz had been introduced to Coward by Marlene. Marlene urged Noël to grab Peter Matz at all costs. At Idlewild Airport, after seeing Marlene off, Noël was desperate to find a replacement for Norman Hackforth. Coward called Matz from the airport and came to Matz's apartment to audition him. The test came when Coward asked Matz to play the "Trolley Song". "I had no idea with his songs or the style of that English Music Hall comedy thing" Matz recalled. Coward asked "Can you be in Los Angeles tomorrow?" The answer was "yes" and rehearsals for Las Vegas started just three weeks before Noël was to open. What followed at Clifton Webb's residence in Beverly Hills, the next ten days, was that they worked on the Las Vegas material all day every day. Matz learned from Coward not only the songs but a whole new style of performance. "He made me learn, very forcefully, that this was about comedy. A couple of times he screamed, 'Don't play when I am making a joke', (and) I gradually learned that this was a whole other kind of music". Matz was writing the orchestral arrangements for Carlton Hayes's band, a typical Las Vegas dance band with saxophones and many trumpets and trombones, which needed finesse and much discretion if Coward's lyrics were to be clearly heard. The results were impressive: Coward wrote in his diaries that Matz's "orchestral arrangements and variations are incredible - vital and imaginative. Sometimes they go too far for my personal taste, but I cannot fail to be impressed by the expert knowledge of instrumentation. Peter Matz, at the age of twenty-six, knows more about the range of various instruments and the potentialities of different combinations than anyone of any age I have ever met in England ... very exciting and stimulating". Noël's four week engagement opened the first week of June, ending July 4, 1955. At the end of the Las Vegas engagement, Monday and Tuesday, June 27 and 28, Goddard Lieberson with his Columbia Records' recording myrmidons recorded four performances for a long-player platter release. This delighted the experts with the recorded results guaranteed an American LP album "Noël Coward at Las Vegas" on the LP market. Noël added 'Matelot' and 'A Room with a View' to the repertoire, also 'Alice is at it Again' for the recording 'performance' session.
3Noël Coward (at age 55), his secretary-manager Cole Lesley (at age 43,1911-1980) and Peter Matz (at age 26, 1928-2002) departed Clifton Webb's residence in Beverly Hills and arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada, on June 1st to prepare for Noël's four week engagement at Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn Hotel and Casino. Frank Sennes (the booking agent for the Desert Inn) negotiated Noël to perform a supper club concert and a second concert every night, during the month of June through July 4th, 1955. Opening night produced rave notices flashed around the world in newspaper headlines "The greatest attraction Las Vegas ever had proving Noël Coward was the greatest performer in the world". The opening night, from the social-theatrical point of view, was fairly sensational. Frank Sinatra chartered a special plane and brought Judy Garland, the Bogarts (Humphrey and Lauren Bacall), David and his wife "Prim" (Primula) Niven, Gordon and Sheila MacRae; then there was Jane Powell, Joan Fontaine, Zsa Zsa Gabor, the Joseph Cottens, the English stage and film director Peter Glenville, Lawrence Harvey, Rosemary Clooney, Sammy Davis Jr.. After opening night, the following Friday, June 10, Noël was driven out into the Nevada desert, photographed by Life Magazine in his black dinner-jacket, black bow tie, red carnation in his lapel, sipping a cup of tea, the temperature at 118 degrees. (Life Magazine, June 20, page 20). During the sold-out engagement, the Desert Inn was flooded by a torrential desert rain storm causing three million dollars of damage in repairs to the casino. The Las Vegas four week engagement paid Noël $35,000.00 per week out of which Noël paid his own expenses, paid Cole, Peter Matz and Noël's agent Joe Glasser's commission. In addition, the Desert Inn paid $60,000.00 for an option and some shares of Noél's TV company formed to benefit from Noël's new CBS deal for three color television spectaculars, tax free as it is capital gain. Surviving Las Vegas like a two fisted armed casino slot black jack randy bandit! Noël preferred to call his Desert Inn concert audience "his Nescafé society".
4Studied Chemical Engineering at the University of California. Studied music in Paris and New York in the 1950's.
5American composer and conductor for stage and screen, most famous for his work on Barbra Streisand's early albums (he conducted her 1963 debut, 'The Barbra Streisand Album' which made her a star) and as musical director on "The Carol Burnett Show".
6Was nominated for Broadway's 1962 Tony Award as Best Conductor and Musical Director for "No Strings."
7Married twice, with two children.
8Gave many AIDS fund-raising concerts with wife Marilynn Lovell.

Music Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Of Thee I Sing1972TV Movie musical director
Liza with a Z1972TV Special musical arranger
Rivals1972conductor
The Kraft Music HallTV Series musical director - 1 episode, 1969 arranger - 1 episode, 1967 conductor - 1 episode, 1967
ABC Stage 67TV Series musical director - 2 episodes, 1966 - 1967 conductor - 1 episode, 1966
Color Me Barbra1966TV Special musical director
The Soupy Sales Hour1966TV Movie musical director
HullabalooTV Series conductor - 2 episodes, 1965 music arranger - 2 episodes, 1965
My Name Is Barbra1965TV Special conductor: orchestra / music arranger
The Jimmy Dean ShowTV Series arranger - 2 episodes, 1963 - 1964 conductor - 2 episodes, 1963 - 1964 arranger and conductor - 1 episode, 1963
Here's EdieTV Series arranger - 1 episode, 1962 conductor - 1 episode, 1962
Here's Edie1962TV Movie arranger / conductor
The Secret World of Eddie Hodges1960TV Movie musical arranger
Ford Star Jubilee1955TV Series orchestrator - 1 episode
An All Dogs Christmas Carol1998Video orchestrator
To Life! America Celebrates Israel's 50th1998TV Special music arranger
The 16th Annual People's Choice Awards1990TV Special musical director
The 62nd Annual Academy Awards1990TV Special orchestrator
Michael Feinstein in Concert1989TV Movie musical arrangement
Torch Song Trilogy1988composer: additional music / conductor / music adaptor
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration1988TV Special principal arranger
The 60th Annual Academy Awards1988TV Special orchestrator
Plain Clothes1987conductor
Great Performances1987TV Series orchestrator - 1 episode
George Burns' 90th Birthday Party: A Very Special Special1986TV Special arranger / music director
Musical Comedy Tonight III1985TV Movie arranger / conductor
Mama's Family1983TV Series composer - 2 episodes
Sheena Easton... Act One1983TV Movie musical director
Ace Crawford, Private Eye1983TV Series composer: theme music
Shirley MacLaine... Illusions1982TV Movie music arranger / musical director
Fun and Games1980TV Movie conductor
Musical Comedy Tonight1979TV Movie documentary conductor / orchestrator
The Muppets Go Hollywood1979TV Special conductor / music arranger
The Carol Burnett Show1971-1978TV Series musical director - 153 episodes
World of Magic1977TV Special musical director
Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back1977TV Movie documentary conductor / music arranged by
CPO Sharkey1976-1977TV Series composer - 5 episodes
Ann-Margret: Rhinestone Cowgirl1977TV Movie musical arrangements
Doug Henning's World of Magic1976TV Special musical director
Alice in Wonderland: An X-Rated Musical Fantasy1976conductor / music arranger
Sills and Burnett at the Met1976TV Movie musical director
A Special Olivia Newton-John1976TV Special musical director
Funny Lady1975conductor / music arranger / musical director - uncredited
Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La1973TV Movie conductor
Once Upon a Mattress1972TV Movie musical director

Composer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
This Can't Be Love1994TV Movie
Stepping Out1991
The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic1991TV Movie documentary
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway1991TV Movie
The 16th Annual People's Choice Awards1990TV Special
The Gumshoe Kid1990
When We Were Young1989TV Movie
Cadets1988TV Movie
Laura Lansing Slept Here1988TV Movie
Mama's Family1983-1988TV Series 2 episodes
Plaza Suite1987TV Movie
Stone Fox1987TV Movie
Mercy or Murder?1987TV Movie
You Are the Jury1984-1986TV Series 3 episodes
As Is1986TV Movie
America Votes the #1 Song1986TV Movie
Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry1986TV Movie
Rodney Dangerfield: Exposed1985TV Movie
Lust in the Dust1985
The Love Boat1984TV Series 2 episodes
Burnett Discovers Domingo1984TV Special
NBC Saturday Morning Preview: The Yummy Awards1983
Casablanca1983TV Series 2 episodes
Amanda's1983TV Series 1 episode
George Burns and Other Sex Symbols1982TV Special
Take Your Best Shot1982TV Movie
Drop-Out Father1982TV Movie
The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me1982TV Movie
Baryshnikov in Hollywood1982TV Movie
Crazy Times1981TV Movie
The Killing of Randy Webster1981TV Movie
Father Damien: The Leper Priest1980TV Movie
The Tim Conway Show1980TV Series 1 episode
Good Time Harry1980TV Series
Fun and Games1980TV Movie
The Cheryl Ladd Special: Souvenirs1980TV Movie
The Private Eyes1980
White Mama1980TV Movie
Valentine Magic on Love Island1980TV Movie
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit1979TV Movie
Love for Rent1979TV Movie
The Prize Fighter1979
Detective School1979TV Series 4 episodes
The Tenth Month1979TV Movie
Can You Hear the Laughter? The Story of Freddie Prinze1979TV Movie
Operation Petticoat1978-1979TV Series 10 episodes
The Muppets Go Hollywood1979TV Special
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings1979TV Movie
Paul Lynde at the Movies1979TV Special
First, You Cry1978TV Movie
The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank1978TV Movie
Happily Ever After1978TV Movie
Murder at the Mardi Gras1978TV Movie
The Rita Moreno Show1978TV Movie
The Two-Five1978TV Movie
Emergency!1978TV Series 1 episode
Special Olympics1978TV Movie
That Thing on ABC1978TV Movie
CPO Sharkey1977TV Series 1 episode
The Last Hurrah1977TV Movie
Telethon1977TV Movie
Terraces1977TV Movie
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story1977TV Movie
Rosetti and Ryan1977TV Series 1 episode
You're Gonna Love It Here1977TV Movie
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years1976TV Movie documentary
The Great Houdini1976TV Movie
Just an Old Sweet Song1976TV Movie
The Bureau1976TV Movie
The Call of the Wild1976TV Movie
The Dark Side of Innocence1976TV Movie
In This House of Brede1975TV Movie
Mr. and Mrs. Cop1974TV Movie
Larry1974TV Movie
6 Rms Riv Vu1974TV Movie
I Heard the Owl Call My Name1973TV Movie
Acts of Love and Other Comedies1973TV Movie
Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking1972TV Special
Rivals1972
Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center1971TV Movie
Sarge1971TV Series 1 episode
Singer Presents Burt Bacharach1971TV Special
Marlowe1969
Bye Bye Braverman1968
The Kraft Music Hall1967TV Series

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Twilight1998writer: "P.M. Country Blues"
To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar1995writer: "Gotta Move"
Lust in the Dust1985arranger: "Tarnished Tumbleweed", "These Lips Were Made For Kissin'", "South Of My Border" / performer: "Tarnished Tumbleweed", "These Lips Were Made For Kissin'", "South Of My Border"
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit1979TV Movie music: "Once a Year Night"
The Prize Fighter1979lyrics: "'TIL THE END" / music: "'TIL THE END"
Rivals1972music: "Promise Me", "Funny Face", "Uptown Downtown,"
Marlowe1969music: "LITTLE SISTER"

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Benson1983TV SeriesTelethon Pianist
Ford Star Jubilee1955TV Seriespianist on camera, as Himself -

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
CBS Galaxy1977TV Special musical director
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall1961TV Series dance arranger - 1 episode

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Welcome to Hollywood1998more special thanks

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Muppets Go Hollywood1979TV SpecialOrchestra leader
The Carol Burnett Show1976TV SeriesHimself - Cameo Appearance
Here's Edie1963TV SeriesHimself - Orchestra Leader

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1973Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Music Direction of a Variety, Musical or Dramatic ProgramThe Carol Burnett Show (1967)
1970Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Music Direction of a Variety, Musical or Dramatic ProgramThe Kraft Music Hall (1967)
1965Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - MusiciansMy Name Is Barbra (1965)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1990Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Music DirectionThe 62nd Annual Academy Awards (1990)
1988Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Music DirectionIrving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration (1988)
1987Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Music DirectionCarol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin (1987)
1986Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Music DirectionThe Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1985)
1986Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Music DirectionGeorge Burns' 90th Birthday Party: A Very Special Special (1986)
1983Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore)Drop-Out Father (1982)
1983Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Music DirectionSheena Easton... Act One (1983)
1982Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Music DirectionShirley MacLaine... Illusions (1982)
1981Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore)Father Damien: The Leper Priest (1980)
1979Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series or a SpecialFirst, You Cry (1978)
1977Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Music DirectionSills and Burnett at the Met (1976)
1976OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or AdaptationFunny Lady (1975)
1974Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsBest Music Direction of a Variety, Music or Dramatic ProgramThe Carol Burnett Show (1967)

Known for movies

Music Department

The Carol Burnett Show (1971-1978)
as Music Department

Music Department

Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
as Music Department

Music Department

Funny Lady (1975)
as Music Department

Music Department

My Name Is Barbra (1965)
as Music Department

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