By Dr. Bruce Smith ——Bio and Archives--February 19, 2024
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Few composers possessed better skill at combining music with cinematic images than Alfred Newman (1900-1970). He scored more than 250 films. Nominated 45 times for an Academy Award, he won nine times.
A child prodigy and the oldest of eight children of parents who immigrated from Russia, Newman began to earn money playing the piano as a teenager to support his family. He moved to Hollywood in the........