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Vladimir Dukelsky (Parafianovo, Bielorrusia, entonces parte del imperio ruso), 10 de octubre de 1903-Santa Mónica, California, 16 de enero de 1969), más conocido como Vernon Duke, fue un compositor ruso afincado en Estados Unidos, muy conocido por sus canciones y por su música para el cine y el teatro.
Vernon Duke (10 October [O.S. 27 September] 1903 – 16 January 1969) was a Russian-born American composer and songwriter who also wrote under his birth name, Vladimir Dukelsky.
Vernon Duke (born October 10, 1903, Parfyanovka, near Pskov, Russia—died January 16, 1969, Santa Monica, California, U.S.) was a Russian-born American composer noted for his sophisticated melodies for films, Broadway musicals, and revues. Among his most popular songs are “ April in Paris” from the revue Walk a Little Faster (1932) and ...
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Inductee. 1903- 1969 Born/Died. 1970 Inducted. "April in Paris" and "Taking a Chance on Love" were top hits. Vladimir Dukelsky was a much-respected Russian composer of classical music as well as a poet of some distinction. He became Vernon Duke, one of the most successful American songwriters sophisticated popular songs.
Vernon Duke was Russian-born as Vladimir Dukelsky, a name he continued to use for his classical compositions and poetry. He began musical studies at the Kiev Conservatory, but the Bolshevik Revolution forced his family, with connections to Russian nobility, to flee to Turkey in 1920. In 1921 he came to American where he met George Gershwin who ...
Vernon Duke. "Autumn in New York" is a jazz standard and popular song composed by Vernon Duke in Westport, Connecticut in the summer of 1934. It was written without a commission or for a specific show, but Duke offered it to producer Murray Anderson for his Broadway musical Thumbs Up!
Cabin in the Sky is a musical with music by Vernon Duke, book by Lynn Root, and lyrics by John Latouche. The musical opened on Broadway in 1940. The show is described as a "parable of Southern Negro Life with echoes of Ferenc Molnár's Liliom (which would be turned into the musical Carousel) and Marc Connelly's The Green Pastures."
