Michael Stewart Papers 1948-1987

Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891

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Phineas Taylor Barnum was an American showman, businessman and politician remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and founding the Barnum & Bailey Circus (1871–2017) with James Anthony Bailey. He was also an author, publisher and philanthropist. Barnum became a small-business owner in his early twenties and founded a weekly newspaper before moving to New York City in 1834. He embarked on an entertainment career, first with a variety troupe called "Barnum's Grand Scientific and Musical The...

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979

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Richard Rodgers, composer and producer, was born in New York on June 28, 1902. He composed his first song, My Auto Show Girl when he was fourteen years old. (This is included in the collection Box 16, Folder 6) In 1918 Rodgers met his first professional partner, Lorenz Hart. Together they presented their first hit show, The Garrick Gaieties in 1925. In 1929 Rodgers and Hart appeared in a two-reel autobiographical short, Masters of Melodyproduced by Paramount-Famous-Lasky Corp. and written and di...

McGuire, William Anthony, 1885-1940

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William Anthony McGuire (July 9, 1881 - September 16, 1940) was an American playwright, theatre director, and producer and screenwriter, including The Kid From Spain (1932) starring Eddie Cantor. McGuire earned an Oscar nomination for the 1936 film The Great Ziegfeld, the Best Picture Oscar winner of 1936. Born in Chicago, Illinois, McGuire made his Broadway debut in 1910 as author of the play The Heights. He went on to write, direct, and produce Twelve Miles Out (1925) and If I Was Rich (192...

Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990

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Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was among the most important conductors of the second half of the 20th Century and also the first American conductor to receive international acclaim. His best-known work is the Broadway musical West Side Story; other works include three symphonies, Chichester Psalms, Serenade after Plato's "Symposium", the original score for the film On the Waterfront, and theater works including On the Town, Wonderful Town, Candide, and his MASS. Bernstei...

Dolores Gray

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Warren, Harry

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"Harry Warren, was born Salvatore Guaragna Warren, on December 24th, 1893 in Brooklyn, New York (died 22 September 1981, Los Angeles, California, USA.) One of the most important of all the popular film composers, Warren is probably best remembered for the innovative 30s film musicals he scored with lyricist Al Dubin. A son of Italian immigrants, from a family of 12, Warren taught himself to play accordion and piano, and joined a touring carnival show in his teens. Later, he worked in a variety o...

Dale, Jim.

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Youngken, Eugene

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Marc-Cab

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Lannon, Mike

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Birkenhead, Susan

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Strouse, Charles

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Arnold Arnstein was born in Budapest in 1898, and came to New York with his family when he was 4 years old. After attending Stuyvesant High School, he graduated from City College in 1919, with a degree in chemistry. He played violin until an accident prevented further study. In 1925 he began to work for Paramount Publix Corporation as a music copyist. By 1932 he was able to set up his own office on west 72nd Street in New York City which he used until his death. Over the...

Champion, Gower, 1919-1980

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Champion was born in Geneva, IL, June 22, 1919; grew up in Los Angeles, CA; appeared in Broadway musical reviews, including Streets of Paris, Lady comes across, and Count me in, 1939-41; appeared with wife Marjorie Bell (Marjorie Celeste Belcher) as dancing team, Marge and Gower Champion, NYC, 1947; appeared in various movies, including Show Boat, Lovely to look at, Everything I have is yours, Give the girl a break, and Mr. Music; various television appearances on Toast of the town, GE Theatre, ...

Nash, Ogden, 1902-1971

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American poet. From the description of The Voluble Wheel Chair (for Eugène--March 31,1952) : Baltimore : autograph poem signed, written for Eugène Reynal, 1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612668 American writer. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : New York, 16 March 1962, to Mr. Miller, 1962 Mar. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874504 American poet Ogden Nash was born in New York and raised along the east coast. Afte...

Kunze, Michael

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Showalter, Max

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Bramble, Mark

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Walker, Nancy, 1922-

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Merrill, Bob

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Harrigan, Edward, 1844-1911

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Born in New York, N.Y., Edward Harrigan was an American actor, playwright, theatre manager, and composer. With Tony Hart he formed a stage partnership that was one of the first famous such collaborations in American musical history. From the description of Skidmore Guard song sheet, circa 1874. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 312705236 Edward Harrigan, actor, playwright, lyricist and producer was called both the Dickens and the Hogarth of 19th ...

Drake, Alfred, 1914-

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Katsaros, Doug

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Pascal, John

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Logan, Nedda Harrigan

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Jurist, Irma

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Brooks, Mel, 1926-

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Mel Brooks (born Melvin James Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker and composer. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a creator of broad farces and parodies widely considered to be among the best film comedies ever made. He began his career as a comic and a writer for Sid Caesar's variety show Your Show of Shows (1950–1954) alongside Woody Allen, Neil Simon and Larry Gelbart. With Carl Reiner, he created the comic character The 2000 Year Old Man...

Goyen, William

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Nebenzal, Harold

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Herman, Jerry, 1931-

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Jerry Herman (b. 1933) is a composer and lyricist of Broadway musicals. Herman writes in an easily accessible, infectiously tuneful and optimistic style with a winning combination of innocence and wit. Finding particular success in the 1960s with Hello, Dolly! and Mame, his style seemed more out-of-step during the turbulent 70s, though he and many others regard his score for Mack and Mabel (1974) as his best. He found renewed success with La cage aux folles (1983). From the descripti...

Eckerson, Olive, 1901-

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Pascal, Francine

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Kaminka, Didier

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Weinstock, Jack

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Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert, playwrights. From the description of Catch me if you can: typescript: 1965. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122627111 ...

Braham, David, 1838-1905

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Baumann, Helmut

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Lainie Kazan

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Pinero, Arthur Wing, 1855-1934

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British playwright and actor. From the description of Letters, 1899-1903 : to F.A. Besant Rice. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34363756 British actor and writer; member of the Garrick Club. From the description of Letter written to Sir George Henschel, 1906. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122386412 Pinero was an English dramatist. From the description of Papers concerning The ...

Goodspeed Opera House (East Haddam, Conn.)

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Bibi Osterwald

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Collard, Jacques, 1918-

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Sennett, Mack, 1880-1960

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Born Michael Sinnott in Canada, Sennett began directing slapstick comedies in the early 1910s and later worked as a producer and screenwriter for other comedy films. From the description of Papers, 1923-1940. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 34073565 ...

Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959

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American playwright. From the description of Maxwell Anderson papers, 1930-1948. WorldCat record id: 26661097 From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : New York, 25 October 1937, to Peggy Wood, 1937 Oct. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873947 American playwright Maxwell Anderson was born in Atlantic, Penn., on 15 December 1888. He worked as a journalist early in his writing career and then turned largely to drama. He was the author of over 20 ...

Shire, David

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Normand, Mabel, 1894-1930

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Gesell, Erika

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Lom, Herbert

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Hart, Tony, 1855-1891

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Barillet, Pierre

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Walker, Peter

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Epithet: Commissioner for Dunfermline British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000751.0x000067 ...

Cohan, George M.

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Entertainer. From the description of Scripts of George M. Cohan, 1933-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455917 From the description of George M. Cohan play scripts, 1928, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71208762 Dramatic author, composer, manager, and actor. From the description of Letter to Elizabeth Freeman, 1920. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122510230 American composer. ...

Heneker, David

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Dubin, Al

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Fields, Dorothy, 1905-1974

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Dorothy Fields, lyricist and librettist, was born in Allenhurst, New Jersey, July 15, 1905. She was the daughter of Lew Fields, comedian and producer, and Rose (Harris) Shoenfeld. Her first well known song was "I Can't Give You Anything But Love," which she wrote with James McHugh in 1928. She collaborated extensively with her brother Herbert Fields, who also was a librettist. Their most famous production was "Annie Get Your Gun," produced in 1946. Her other brother Joseph Fields was a dramatic ...

Mowell, Shelley

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Ropes, Bradford

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Merrick, David, 1911-

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Nash, N. Richard

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Warren, Harry, 1893-

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Gray, Dolores

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Stewart, Michael, 1929-1987

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Michael Stewart, librettist, lyricist, playwright, and novelist was born Myron Rubin on August 1, 1924 in New York City. He attended Queens College and received a Master of Fine Arts in drama from Yale in 1953. During the 1950's he contributed sketches and lyrics to revues, among them: Razzle Dazzle (at the Edison Theater), The Shoestring Revue (1955), The Littlest Revue (1956) and Shoestring '57 . He also wrote for television, most notably for Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows, where he collabora...

Davis, Gwen

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Strong, Austin, 1881-1952

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Austin Strong (1881-1952) was an early twentieth century American playwright who had many of his plays performed on Broadway. Several of Strong's plays also became films, some with more than one version. The 1927 silent film version of Seventh Heaven had notable success, receiving three Academy Awards in 1929 including Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Director. In 1995, Seventh Heaven (1927) was inducted into the National Film Registry by the National Film Preservation Board. ...

Styne, Jule, 1905-1994

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Previews began Oct. 20, 1980, at the Palace Theatre, New York, N.Y. After 8 performances it closed without ever opening officially. Charles Kimbrough and Jack Weston were in the cast album released by Original Cast Records. From the description of One night stand / music and scoring by Jule Styne ; book and lyrics by Herb Gardner, 1980. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 764469120 Composer of "Gypsy" and other music. From the description of Autograph ...

Dodge, Jerry

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Herman, Jerry, 1931-

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Jerry Herman (b. 1933) is a composer and lyricist of Broadway musicals. Herman writes in an easily accessible, infectiously tuneful and optimistic style with a winning combination of innocence and wit. Finding particular success in the 1960s with Hello, Dolly! and Mame, his style seemed more out-of-step during the turbulent 70s, though he and many others regard his score for Mack and Mabel (1974) as his best. He found renewed success with La cage aux folles (1983). From the descripti...

Bennett, Michael, 1943 Apr. 8-

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American musical theater director and choreographer Michael Bennett was born Michael DiFiglia in Buffalo, New York in 1943. Bennett began his Broadway career as a dancer and later found success as a choreographer and director. Bennett won seven Tony Awards for his choreography and direction of Broadway shows, and was nominated for eleven more. Bennett is best known for his work on Promises, Promises, Dreamgirls, A Chorus Line, Ballroom, Company and Follies . Bennett died of AIDS-rel...

McCreery, Bud

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Grimes, Tammy

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Forrest, George, 1915-1999

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Epithet: of Antigua British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001345.0x00006c ...

Schumer, Leo, d. 1981

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King, Philip

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Hornez, Andre

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Tammy Grimes

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Hamill, Mark

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Grédy, Jean-Pierre, 1920-

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Vistarini, Carla

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Gilbert, Willie, 1916-

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Gower Champion

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Robbins, Jerome

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American dancer, choreographer, and ballet master. From the description of Jerome Robbins scrapbooks [microform]. 1937-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81722948 From the description of Jerome Robbins scrapbooks. 1986-1990. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79096064 American ballet dancer and choreographer primarily associated with American Ballet Theatre in the 1940s and the New York City Ballet since 1949; also, theatrical director and choreographer whose producti...

Engquist, Richard, 1933-2010

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Friml, Rudolf, 1879-1972

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Charles Rudolf Friml was born on Dec. 7, 1879 in Prague, Czechoslovakia; studied composition with Antonín Dvořák and piano with Josef Jiránek at the Prague Conservatory (1900-3); was accompanist for the violinist Jan Kubelík on tours of Europe and the US (1900-6); settled in the US in 1906, performing his First piano concerto with Walter Damrosch and the New York Symphony Orchestra; gained a reputation for his keyboard improvisations, character pieces, lyrical salon dances, etudes, violin a...

Kroll, Bernice

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Mancini, Marcello

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Alfred Drake

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Janis, Stefan

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Kroll, Bunny

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Coleman, Cy

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Kazan, Lainie

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Actor-singer Lainie Kazan has had a wide-ranging career performing in musical theatre, jazz clubs, television and film. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she studied acting at Hofstra University and appeared on Broadway in THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD (1961) and BRAVO GIOVANNI (1962). Her big break came when she was cast as the understudy to Barbra Streisand in FUNNY GIRL (1964). Kazan went on to pursue a career as a vocalist, recording albums, and singing in cabarets. She m...

Level, Charles

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Addison, John, 1920-1998

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x00024a ...

Hellman, Lillian, 1906-

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Siegel, Arthur, 1923-1994

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Arthur Siegel (born Lakewood, NJ, Dec. 31, 1923; d. New York City, Sept. 13, 1994) was a pianist, composer, lyricist and vocalist. Siegel grew up in Asbury Park, NJ, and began to act in high school theater productions as well as write songs. After high school he studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and music at the Juilliard School. Eddie Cantor's daughter, Marilyn, was a classmate of Siegel's at the Academy, and through that connection Siegel got a jo...

La Rue, Danny.

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Charlap, Moose, 1928-1974

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Moose Charlap, composer. Eddie Lawrence, librettist and lyricist. From the description of Kelly : a musical in two acts: typescript, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122639793 Moose Charlap, composer. Book and lyrics by Eddie Lawrence. From the description of Kelly: typescript, 1965. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122431923 ...

Charon, Jacques

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Jerome Robbins

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Patinkin, Sheldon, 1935-

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Longstreet, Stephen, 1907-2002

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Stephen Longstreet was an artist, novelist, and screenwriter who lived and worked primarily in New York and Los Angeles. From the description of Stephen Longstreet papers, 1925-1990. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702182422 American author. From the description of Sketch of William Faulkner [manuscript] 1944. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647944597 American novelist. From the description of Letter to Matthew J. Bruccoli [manus...

Osterman, Marjorie

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Lawlor, James Reed

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Adams, Lee, 1924-

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Welch, Ken

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Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969

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< Born Vladimir Alexandrovitch Dukelsky, Parafianove, Minsk 1916 1919 Studied composition with Reinhold Glière and Marian Dombrovsky at the Kiev Conservatory 1920 Fled the Revolution with his family, settling first in Constantinople ...

Jim Dale

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