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Andre Previn
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Director, Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision Born: April 6, 1929 in Berlin, Germany Biography:Born in Germany, composer "Andre Previn" spent much of his adolescence in Los Angeles. After studying musical composition with Mario Castenuovo-Tedasco, Previn sought out work in Hollywood, where his cousin "Charles Previn" was already an established composer (another Previn, Andre's younger brother "Steve Previn", became a film and TV director). At 19, Previn was hired as an arranger by MGM. Functioning in this capacity and as composer and musical director, Previn was honored several times by the Academy Awards folks, earning nominations for "Kiss Me Kate" (1953), Two for the Show (1955), "It's Always Fair Weather" (1955), "Bells are Ringing" (1960), "Pepe" (1960) and "Thoroughly Modern Millie" (1967), and winning Oscars for "Gigi" (1958) and "Porgy and Bess" (1959). With his first wife Dory Langdon (who, as "Dory Previn", went on to an impressive musical career of her own), he composed the... Full Biography | |||
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