Background
Newman was born on Mar. 17, 1901 in New Haven, CT; became pianist, composer,
and conductor; studied with Sigismond Stojowski, Reuben Goldmark, George Wedge,
and Arnold Schoenberg; at age 13 he played piano at the Strand Theatre in NY,
and was a pianist, accompanist, and conductor in vaudeville, and later in
Broadway musicals; moved to Hollywood in 1930; appeared as a guest conductor
with the Cincinnati Symphony, National Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and
the Hollywood Bowl Symphony; became writer of film scores; won Academy Awards
for The song of Bernadette (1943), Mother wore tights (1947), With a song in my
heart (1952), Call me madam (1953), Love is a many-splendored thing (1955), The
King and I (1956), and Camelot (1967); he died on Feb. 17, 1970 in Los
Angeles.