David Tamkin (28 August 1906 – 21 June 1975) was an American

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descent, born in

Chernihiv Chernihiv (, ; , ) is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within the oblast. Chernihiv's population is The city was designated as a Hero City of Ukraine ...

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. He devoted much of his professional career as an arranger, composer ncreditedand orchestrator of

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s for

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s. He worked on more than 50 films between 1939 and 1970. His opera '' The Dybbuk'' premiered at

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in October, 1951.

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