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Charles Ives award for James Matheson posted 10 Jan 2012
Kravis Prize for New Music to Dutilleux posted 9 Jan 2012
Grétry work rediscovered posted 6 Jan 2012
Legacy gift of over $14 million from Ann Southam posted 26 Oct 2011
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Born: 4 December 1910 — Chester, PA — USA
Died: 8 September 1991 — Los Angeles — USA
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Music

His best-known film scores are:

His commissioned score for Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968) was discarded by the director, but it has now been released on CD,

Life

The American composer and conductor Alex North is mainly known as a film composer. He was nominated for an Oscar 14 times, but never won.

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