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- William David Brohn was born on March 30, 1933 in Flint, Michigan, USA. He was a composer, known for Anastasia (1997), Live from Lincoln Center (1976) and Monkey Shines (1988). He died on May 11, 2017 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
- Won Broadway's 1998 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for "Ragtime." He was also nominated in the same category two other times: in 2002 for "Sweet Smell of Success" and in 2004 for "Wicked."
- His last name rhymes with "bone".
- He became interested in orchestration when he heard the overture of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific" on the original Broadway cast album. It was orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett, who later became a mentor to Brohn.
- He graduated from Michigan State University, where he studied music theory, and earned a master's in composition at the New England Conservatory. He played the bass and did some conducting early in his career, but eventually turned to orchestrating and arranging full time.
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