Miklos rozsa biography of christopher columbus

Composer. Nationality: American. Born: Nicholas Rozsa in Budapest, Hungary, 18 April 1907. Education: Studied the violin under Lajos Berkovits, and the viola and piano; attended secondary schools in Budapest; studied under Hermann Grabner and Theodor Kroyer at the Conservatory and University in Leipzig, diplomas 1929.

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Career: Composer from 1915; composer of orchestra works; 1932–35—lived in Paris, and in London, 1935–40; 1937—first film score, for Knight without Armour; 1940—settled in Hollywood; contracts with Paramount and MGM; 1945—Professor of Composition, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

Awards: Academy Awards for Spellbound, 1945; A Double Life, 1947; Ben-Hur, 1959; César award for Providence, 1977. Died: 27 July 1995.

Films as Composer:

1937

Knight without Armour (Feyder); Thunder in the City (Gering); The Squeaker (Murder on Diamond Row) (Howard)

1938

The Divorce of Lady X (Whelan)

1939

The Four F