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Louis Gruenberg
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1884
- Died
- 1964
- Works
- 6
Top works
- The Emperor Jones
- The sleeping beauty
- The enchanted isle
- White lilacs
- Jazzberries, for piano. Op. 25
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1884-08-03
- Active to
- 1964-06-09
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 211
- Total plays
- 881
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Louis Gruenberg (pronounced [grū'ənbûrg]) (July 22/August 3, 1884, near Brest-Litovsk, Russia - June 10, 1964, Beverly Hills) was a Russian Lithuania-born American pianist and composer. Although born in Russia, his family emigrated to the United States months after his birth. His father worked as a violinist in New York City. Young Louis had a talent for the piano, and by the age of eight Gruenberg was taking piano lessons with Adele Margulies at the National Conservatory in New York (then head
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Louis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brest
- Place of death
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Employer
- Roosevelt University
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Genre
- opera
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Louis Gruenberg (1884–1964).png
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- Commons category
- Louis Gruenberg
- date of birth
- 1883-08-03
- date of death
- 1964-06-10
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- student
- Dorothy James
- name in native language
- Louis Edwards George Gruenberg
- place of burial
- Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
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