Walter Scharf
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- Born
- 1910
- Works
- 4
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- Chemistry and the Environment
- Composed and conducted
- The history of film scoring
- Composed and conducted by Walter Scharf
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1910-08-01
- Active to
- 2003-02-24
film composer
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Walter Scharf (August 1, 1910 - February 24, 2003) was an American film composer. Born in New York, he was the son of Yiddish theatre comic Bessie Zwerling. While in his 20s, he was one of the orchestrators for George Gershwin's Broadway musical Girl Crazy, became singer Helen Morgan's accompanist, and later worked as pianist and arranger for singer Rudy Vallee. He began working in Hollywood in 1933, arranging for Al Jolson at Warner Bros., Alice Faye at 20th Century-Fox and Bing Crosby at Par
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Walter
- Family name
- Scharf
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Brentwood
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Jubilee Records
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of birth
- 1910-08-01
- date of death
- 2003-02-24
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Song
- place of burial
- Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery
- related category
- Category:Films scored by Walter Scharf
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