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Dimitri Tiomkin

It had been once considered cute by Hollywood wits to poke fun at Russian-born composer Dimitri Tiomkin’s borscht-flavored highlight. How amusing it had been to listen to him yell out “Switt lyand of lyaberty!” while orchestrating “The Superstar Spangled Banner” for Frank Capra’s Mr. Smith Would go to Washington (1939). …

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