A year after his death he was honoured with the first full-blown biography of a composer, by John Mainwaring.

其后一年，约翰·美因威林为他写了一本详细的传记，使他成为第一位有此殊荣的作曲家。

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He swept Song of the Year, Best Composer and Best Lyricist for his single Jonathan's Song.

他凭借他的单曲《给自己的歌》横扫最佳年度歌曲奖，最佳作曲奖和最佳作词奖三个奖项。

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Gia Kancheli, a 75-year-old celebrated Georgian composer, says: "In the old days the decent people of my generation tried not to be Soviet."

75岁的格鲁吉亚著名作曲家Gia Kancheli说：“从前，我们同龄人中优秀的群体努力着不做苏联人。”

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Every year he celebrates the birthday of composer Ludwig von Beethoven.

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Williams is also nominated for composer of the year for his work on two recent soundtracks - War Horse and The Adventures of Tintin, against Morricone and Mealor.

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Senegalese singer Youssou Ndour and Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho have been named as the recipients of this year's Polar Music Prize.

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The rest of this year's poll shows that, according to the voters, Star Wars composer John Williams is the movie music maestro.

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