Leonard Rosenman; OBITUARY.(News) From: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) | Date: March 7, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 MGN Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

IT WAS the age-old dilemma of the choice between taking fame and money or art and status. Composer Leonard Rosenman, who has died, aged 83, of a heart attack, after battling dementia, was regarded as one of serious music's hot post-war talents, but chose to take the Hollywood dollar and saw his concert hall career immediately collapse.

Yet he was, as they also say, crying all the way to the bank with a double-Oscar win to his credit and numerous A-list films on his composing CV.

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