Vernon Duke (10 October [O.S. 27 September] 1903 – 16 January 1969) was an American composer/songwriter, who also wrote under his original name, Vladimir Dukelsky. He is best known for "Taking a Chance on Love" with lyrics by Ted Fetter and John Latouche (1940), "I Can't Get Started" with lyrics by Ira Gershwin (1936), "April in Paris" with lyrics by E. Y. ("Yip") Harburg (1932), and "What Is There To Say" for the Ziegfeld Follies of 1934, also with Harburg. He wrote the words and music for "Autumn in New York" (1934) for the revue Thumbs Up! Vernon collaborated with lyricists such as Johnny Mercer, Ira Gershwin, Ogden Nash and Sammy Cahn.
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Yip Harburg
American lyricist
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George Gershwin
American composer and pianist (1898-1937)
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Sergei Prokofiev
Ukrainian & Russian Soviet pianist and composer
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Harold Arlen
American composer of popular music (1905-1986)
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Reinhold Glière
Soviet Ukrainian composer
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John La Touche
American lyricist and bookwriter in musical theater
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Ira Gershwin
American lyricist (1893-1983)
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Dmitri Kabalevsky
Russian composer
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Martin Charnin
American lyricist, writer, and theatre director
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Ted Fetter
American lyricist
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Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer, pianist and conductor
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Igor Markevitch
Ukrainian conductor and composer
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Alexander Glazunov
Russian composer, music teacher and conductor
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Nikolai Tcherepnin
Russian composer
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Tikhon Khrennikov
Russian Soviet composer (1913-2007)
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David Oistrakh
Soviet violinist
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Aram Khachaturian
Armenian Soviet composer and conductor (1903-1978)
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Evgeny Kissin
Russian classical pianist
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Vladimir Ashkenazy
Icelandic pianist and conductor from Russia
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Constant Lambert
British composer and conductor
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Vladimir Feltsman
Russian musician
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Nicolas Nabokov
Russian composer
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Pierre Monteux
French conductor
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Conrad Tao
American musician
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Nikolai Myaskovsky
Russian composer
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Paul Romero
American computer and video game music composer and classical pianist
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John Lill
English classical pianist