Bronislau Kaper
Bronislau Kaper · Arts & Literature
Composer of Lili (Academy Award 1953) and 'On Green Dolphin Street'
1902, Warsaw, Poland — 1983, Beverly Hills, California, USA
Poland · Germany · France · United States
Bronislau Kaper is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Composer of Lili (Academy Award 1953) and 'On Green Dolphin Street'
Bronislau Kaper was a film composer who scored dozens of Hollywood films and won the Academy Award for Best Scoring for the MGM musical Lili (1953); he also composed the jazz standard 'On Green Dolphin Street'. Born into an Ashkenazi Jewish family in Warsaw, he fled the Nazis from Berlin to Paris and then to the United States. His melodies became part of the American songbook.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Academy Award for Best Scoring
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Composer of Lili (Academy Award 1953) and 'On Green Dolphin Street'
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Academy Award for Best Scoring
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