Hand, Herman, 1875-1961

Austrian-born composer who immigrated to the United States in 1900. Hand worked as a musician and composer with several orchestras until 1928, when he moved to Hollywood to work as a composer and arranger in the film industry. Between 1928 and his death in 1951, Herman Hand contributed to over ninety film scores, including Howard Hughes' 1942 western, The Outlaw and the Oscar award-winning adventure Lost Horizons (1937).

Source:

Richard J. Martz. "Herman Hand, 1875-1951". Accessed November 16, 2021. http://rjmartz.com/HornPlayers/hand/

State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.