Alfréd Márkus

{{Short description|Hungarian composer}}

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| birth_date = 20 February 1883

| birth_place = Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire

| death_date = New York City, United States

| death_place = 30 October 1946

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| occupation = Composer

| yearsactive = 1933-1938 (film)

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Alfréd Márkus (1883–1946) was a Hungarian composer noted for his operettas and film scores.Shepherd p.27 He was from a Jewish background and was involved with the National Hungarian Jewish Cultural Association. Towards the end of his life, he left Hungary for the United States where he died in 1946. He used the alias "Fred Markush" when publishing some of his songs.{{cite book |url=https://www.lubranomusic.com/images/upload/hungarian-catalogue-1.pdf |title=Hungary: 1840-1940 |author= |date=March 2020 |publisher=J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians |access-date=June 6, 2023}}

Selected filmography

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Bibliography

  • Shepherd, John. Continuum encyclopedia of popular music of the world, Volumes 3-7. Continuum, 2005.