Raksin, David

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
רקסין, דוד
Name (Latin)
Raksin, David
Other forms of name
Raskin, David, 1912-2004
Sartain, John, 1912-2004
Raskin, David
Sartain, John
Date of birth
1912-08-04
Date of death
2004-08-09
Place of birth
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Place of death
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Field of activity
Composition (Music)
Motion picture music
Music
Television music
Occupation
Composers
Film composers
Television composers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 29723599
Wikidata: Q1176253
Library of congress: n 85199764
CMA10: 000080585
Sources of Information
  • A sound idea [SR] 1985:label (David Raksin) container (composer)
  • His Oedipus memneitai, ca. 1986 Aug. 11:cover (David Raksin) program (b. 1912)
  • Don Juan Quilligan [MP] 1944:credits (music, David Raskin)
  • Baker's biographical dictionary of twentieth-century classical musicians, c1997(Raksin, David; b. Aug. 4, 1912, Philadelphia; American composer of film music)
  • BL BCM, 5 Jan. 2001(real name: John Sartain)
  • New York times, Aug. 11, 2004(David Raksin, 92, composer of movie and television scores; d. Aug. 9, 2004, Los Angeles)