Ralph Benatzky

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Role

Writer

Date of birth

06/04/1884

Date of death

10/17/1957

Place of birth

Mährisch-Budwitz, Austria-Hungary [now Moravské Budejovice, Moravia, Czech Republic]

Ralph Benatzky

Biography

Composer and author, he came to the US in 1938. He wrote the stage scores for "White Horse Inn (Berlin and New York)", "Meet My Sister (New York)", "The Apaches Cocktail", and "Casanova". He joined ASCAP in 1945, and his chief musical collaborator was Irving Caesar. His popular-song compositions include "White Horse Inn", "I Cannot Live Without Your Love", and "Always In My Heart".

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