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Wilfred Josephs

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What

Classical and film composer

When

1927, Newcastle upon Tyne, England — 1997, London, England

Where

United Kingdom

Biography

Wilfred Josephs is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Classical and film composer

How & why

Wilfred Josephs was an English composer, one of Britain's most prolific, whose output included 12 symphonies, concertos, operas, ballets and a great deal of film and television music. His Requiem — a setting of the Hebrew Kaddish in memory of Jews murdered in the Holocaust — won the 1963 City of Milan/La Scala international composing prize. He was born to a Jewish family in the Gosforth area of Newcastle upon Tyne.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music

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Classical and film composer

1927

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music