Nazi survivor composer dies at 103
RIPThe Austrian-born composer Walter Arlen died yesterday aged 103.
He escaped to the US in 1938 after his father was sent to Buchenwald, settled in Chicago, founded a university music department and composed copiously, mostly for voice.
He appeared this year in the Netflix documentary Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate.
He is survived by his husband, Howard Myers.
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