Kander, John

Kander, John

(born March 18, 1927, Kansas City, Mo., U.S.) U.S. songwriter. He studied music at Oberlin College and Columbia University and later wrote arrangements for plays. With lyricist Fred Ebb, a native New Yorker who also studied at Columbia and wrote lyrics for revues, he wrote the scores for some of Broadway's most successful musicals, including Cabaret (1966; film, 1972), Zorba (1968), Chicago (1975; film, 2002), and Kiss of the Spider Woman (1992), and for films such as Funny Lady (1975) and New York, New York (1977).

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Kander, (Harold) John (1927–  ) composer; born in Kansas City, Mo. After earning a master's degree at Columbia University, he worked in the 1950s as a rehearsal pianist, dance arranger, and conductor for Broadway musicals. His first Broadway score was for A Family Affair (1961). With lyricist Fred Ebb he wrote the score for the hit musicals Cabaret (1968), Chicago (1975), and Woman of the Year (1981); they also contributed songs to the musical films Funny Lady (1975) and New York, New York (1977). In the 1980s he composed music for nonmusical films.