Alan Chapman

KUSC radio host and classical music commentator

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Andre Previn died today in his Manhattan home at age 89. He won four Academy Awards for composing and arranging music for films like “My Fair Lady,” “Gigi,” and “Porgy and Bess.”

The influence of conductor, composer and pianist Andre Previn

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