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    A child prodigy, he wrote the music of many films, and other fine works. His violin concerto in the hands of Heifetz is a classic. Who was he?

    Question #100724. Asked by Cem1942. (Nov 02 08 4:57 AM)


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    		Erich Korngold. I've heard Leon Botstein give a lecture using him as a classic example of "Wunderkind syndrome" as he called it. But the one thing Korngold had over almost all his contemporaries was his prolific output.

    Nov 02 08, 5:36 AM

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