What year did the composer of "Where the Lark Sings" die?
Where the Lark Sings (operetta) Where the Lark Sings (German: "Wo die Lerche singt", Hungarian: "A pacsirta") is a 1918 operetta by the Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The libretto by A. M. Willner and was inspired by "Dorf und Stadt" by Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer. The work premiered at the Royal Opera in Budapest on 1 January 1918. It was one of Lehár's most successful wartime operettas.
Leslie Bassett Leslie Bassett (January 22, 1923 – February 4, 2016) was an American composer of classical music, and the University of Michigan's Albert A. Stanley Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Composition. Bassett received the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his "Variations for Orchestra".