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Levay was born on 16 May 1945 in Subotica [1] in the North Bačka District of Vojvodina, Yugoslavia (now Serbia). Sylvester Levay began his musical studies at the age of eight. Levay developed a taste for American music while growing up in Yugoslavia, eventually becoming a music arranger and lyricist. [2] Upon his arrival in Munich in 1972, he ...
The group was initiated in Munich, then West Germany, by producers and songwriters Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay.The group was named after Levay's nickname: "Silver". Kunze in the late 1960s had been a pop lyricist who wrote protest songs in German; when these tunes went out of style, he began producing pop records and commercials.
Jun 20, 2024 · Sylvester Levay, a renowned composer and musician originally from Yugoslavia, has forged a distinguished career spanning continents and genres. His journey began with early successes, composing for festivals and playing in orchestras like Ambros Seelos. Moving to Munich in the 1970s, Sylvester collaborated with artists such as Michael Kunze ...
Rebecca is a musical adaptation of the 1938 novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier.It was composed by Sylvester Levay with German book and lyrics by Michael Kunze.The plot, which adheres closely to the original novel, revolves around wealthy Maxim DeWinter, his naïve new wife, called "I" ("Ich" in the German version), and Mrs. Danvers, the manipulative housekeeper of DeWinter's Cornish estate Manderley.
Aug 14, 2019 · Sylvester Levay had grown up in what was then Yugoslavia, and he’d moved to Munich in 1972. There, he’d met his German-born collaborator Michael Kunze, a lyricist who’d started out writing ...
Mar 31, 2021 · March 2021 av Jon Aanensen. Sylvester Levay (b. 1945) may not be a familiar name to most people, but the Serbian-born Hungarian composer has had a long and successful career, penning songs for the likes of Elton John, conceiving musicals and scoring a host of film and TV shows – often in an electronic idiom. What follows is an overview of his ...
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Levay was born on 16 May 1945 in Subotica [1] in the North Bačka District of Vojvodina, Yugoslavia (now Serbia). Sylvester Levay began his musical studies at the age of eight. Levay developed a taste for American music while growing up in Yugoslavia, eventually becoming a music arranger and lyricist. [2]
