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Songwriter Biography: ANDERSON, MAXWELL

ANDERSON, MAXWELL
Born: 1888 Atlantic, PA
Died: 1959 Stamford, CT
Collaborators:  Arthur Schwartz, Kurt Weill

Noted journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright

Shows:  Knickerbocker Holiday, Lost in the Stars

Principal Songs:  It Never Was You, Lost in the Stars, September Song
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