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Ernest Gold

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Ernest Gold · Arts & Literature

What

Film composer (Exodus)

When

1921, Vienna, Austria — 1999, Santa Monica, California, USA

Where

Austria · United States

Biography

Ernest Gold is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Film composer (Exodus)

How & why

Ernest Gold was an Austrian-American film composer who won the Academy Award and two Grammy Awards for his score to 'Exodus' (1960), among the most recognized of Hollywood's epic themes. Born Ernst Sigmund Goldner in Vienna, he fled with his Jewish family to the United States after the 1938 Nazi Anschluss.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music

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Film composer (Exodus)

1921

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music