Wilhelm Grosz

Born: 11th August 1894, Vienna, Austria. Died: 10th December 1939, New York City, USA. Austrian composer, pianist & conductor. Writer of popular songs and a co-writer with Jimmy Kennedy on popular tunes, such as "Isle Of Capri" and "Harbour Lights". Grosz is sometimes credited as "Will Grosz" or "Hugh Williams" (2). Grosz fled the Nazi regime in 1934 and settled in the UK. He also wrote operas, music for ballet and scored a number of works for film soundtracks.