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Morris Stoloff

Who

Morris Stoloff · Arts & Literature

What

Film music director

When

1898, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA — 1980, Los Angeles, California, USA

Where

United States

Biography

Morris Stoloff is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Film music director

How & why

Morris Stoloff was an American film music director who led the music department at Columbia Pictures from 1936 to 1962, overseeing scores for hundreds of films. A child-prodigy violinist who studied with Leopold Auer, he won three Academy Awards — for Cover Girl, The Jolson Story and Song Without End — and scored a million-selling hit with 'Moonglow and Theme from Picnic.' He was born to a Jewish family in Philadelphia.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music

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Film music director

1898

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music