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His father is a poor Russian fruit dealer and Alfred is the oldest of eight children.

He composed the familiar fanfare which…

Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 – February 17, 1970) was an American composer, arranger, and conductor of film music.

In 1939, Newman began a twenty-one year career as music director for 20th Century-Fox Studios.

He composed the familiar fanfare which accompanies the studio logo at the beginning of Fox's productions.

The family has made every possible sacrifice in order to educate this boy in music, and he has a most deep-seated sense of When he was nineteen, he began conducting full-time in Soon after Newman arrived in Hollywood in 1930 and finished directing the score for Newman became Goldwyn's favorite composer, while his style evolved with each new film he scored.Among Newman's specialties were films with a religious theme, although he himself was not known to be religious.In 1933, while he was still under contract at United Artists, Newman was commissioned by In 1940 Newman began a 20-year career as music director with He was noted for developing what came to be known as the Newman System, a means of synchronizing the performance and recording of a musical score with the film, a system which is still in use today.In the 1940s Newman scored a number of films related to He often studied period music and assimilated it into his scores.

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Er stammte aus einer armen Familie und hatte neun Geschwister (u. a. Emil und Lionel Newman, ebenfalls Komponisten, sowie den Mediziner Irving Newman), doch Hilfe von verschiedenen Seiten machte es möglich, dass sein Talent kontinuierlich gefördert wurde.

From his start as a music prodigy, he came to be regarded as a respected figure in the history of film music.

"His nine Academy Awards are by far the most received by any musician: He composed the familiar fanfare which accompanies the studio logo at the beginning of 20th Century Fox's productions, and still introduces Fox pictures today.While a composer, music director and conductor, he often contributed to the scores of others without credit.As a music director, it was Newman's job to find and select suitable composers for various films.

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Some of his most famous scores include Newman was also highly regarded as a conductor, and arranged and conducted many scores by other composers, including He was among the first musicians to compose and conduct original music during Hollywood's By the age of eight he had become known locally as a piano prodigy.By the time Newman was 12, however, his parents' meager income was not enough to support his large family, which led to him searching for ways to earn an income from music to help his family.Newman, at 13, also attracted the attention of author He is a beautiful looking boy, modest, gentle, unassuming, and wholly unspoiled.

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