Allan Gray(1904-1973)
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
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Allan (or Josef as he was then) studied under the great pioneering
modernist Arnold Schönberg. To pay for his tuition he composed popular,
jazz-influenced tunes for cabaret acts in Berlin. Josef took his
pseudonym from Oscar Wilde's narcissistic hero, Dorian Gray.