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John Kander
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- Works
- 44
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- Cabaret
- Zorba
- New York, New York
- Chicago
- Chicago
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1927-03-18
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John Harold Kander (born March 18, 1927 in Kansas City, Missouri) is the American composer of a series of musical theater successes as part of the songwriting team of Kander and Ebb, resopnsible for the following: * A Family Affair (1962) - lyrics by James & William Goldman * Flora the Red Menace (1965) * Cabaret (1966) * Go Fly A Kite (1966) - music and lyrics also by Walter Marks * The Happy Time (1968) * Zorba (1968) <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John+Kander
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