Victor Young

Victor Young August 8, 1900 November 10, 1956 was an American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor. He was born in Chicago.

Playing before Russian generals and nobles, while in Warsaw, he was later introduced to Czar Nicholas in St. Petersburg, and his playing so impressed the Czar that he presented him with many gifts but the revolution cut short his success in Russia. Having been connected with the court of the Czar, the Bolsheviks deemed it advisable to get rid of him, and it is only by a miracle that he escaped death, for he was already sentenced to die. After a long and tiresome escapade, he succeeded in reaching Warsaw, then Paris, and from there to the United States.He returned to Chicago in 1920 to join the orchestra at Central Park Casino. He then went to Los Angeles to join his Polish fiance, finding employment first as a fiddler in impresario Sid Graumans Million Dollar Theatre Orchestra then going on to be appointed concertmaster for ParamountPublix Theatres. After turning to popular music, he worked for a while as violinistarranger for Ted Fio Rito. ........

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