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Emil Newman

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Emil Newman · Arts & Literature

What

Film music director

When

1911, New Haven, Connecticut, United States — 1984, Los Angeles, California, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Emil Newman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Film music director

How & why

Emil Newman was an American film music director and conductor, part of the celebrated Newman musical family, who headed the music departments at 20th Century Fox and later at Samuel Goldwyn, directing and conducting scores for scores of Hollywood films. He won an Academy Award for the music of 'Sun Valley Serenade' (1941). Born to a Russian-Jewish immigrant family in New Haven, he was Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music

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Film music director

1911

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music