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American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor
- Albert Victor Young (August 8, 1899 – November 10, 1956) was an American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor. Young was posthumously awarded the Academy Award for Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for Around the World in 80 Days at the 29th Academy Awards in 1957.
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Albert Victor Young (August 8, 1899 [1] – November 10, 1956) [2][3] was an American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor. Young was posthumously awarded the Academy Award for Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for Around the World in 80 Days at the 29th Academy Awards in 1957.
Violinist and conductor Victor Young was a prolific composer and arranger, who worked on more than 300 film scores over a period of twenty years. He came from an impoverished, but musical background and was trained on the violin at the Warsaw Imperial Conservatory, later studying piano in Paris under the French master Isidor Philipp.
- January 1, 1
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- January 1, 1
- Palm Springs, California, USA
By the time he suddenly passed away, in 1956, he left behind a musical legacy that would have been a credit to more than one lifetime, writing music not just for film scores, but also radio programs, live theatre, special events, and spoken word recordings.
Violinist and conductor Victor Young was a prolific composer and arranger, who worked on more than 300 film scores over a period of twenty years. He came from an impoverished, but musical background and was trained on the violin at the Warsaw Imperial Conservatory, later studying piano in Paris under the French master Isidor Philipp.
- August 8, 1899
- November 10, 1956
Victor Young (1899-1956) Many people know he was a famous composer for motion pictures and popular music but don’t realize that he also wrote ‘serious’ music and original songs for radio programs, even the Broadway stage.
May 4, 2018 · Samuel Fuller’s China Gate bore the legend “Music/Victor Young, Extended by his old friend/Max Steiner.” As Steiner’s biographer Steven Smith remarks, “Only Max would have asked for ‘old friend,’ and only someone like Sam Fuller would have approved it.”
Jun 11, 2018 · Nationality: American. Born: Chicago, Illinois, 8 August 1900. Education: Studied the violin from age 6; studied in Warsaw with Roman Statlovsky and others.
