biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1887–1951)
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| biography:
| Composer of operettas, born in Nagykanizsa, W Hungary. He trained in Vienna as an engineer, also studying violin and composition. He settled in the USA in 1909, and in New York City introduced the use of dance bands in restaurants. Of more than 70 works, his most famous were Blossom Time (1921), The Student Prince (1924), The Desert Song (1926), and The New Moon (1928). |
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