Mitch Leigh

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American composer Broadway composer composer human

Mitch Leigh was an American composer best known for writing the music to the Broadway musical "Man of La Mancha," including the iconic song "The Impossible Dream."

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Label Occurrences
Mitch Leigh canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American composer ⓘ
Broadway composer ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2010s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950s ⓘ
awardReceived Tony Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
awardReceivedFor Man of La Mancha NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnWorkOf Miguel de Cervantes ⓘ
birthName Irwin Michnick NERFINISHED ⓘ
broadwayDebutWork Man of La Mancha NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Mount Hebron Cemetery, Queens, New York ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
collaboratedWith Dale Wasserman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joe Darion ⓘ
composed The Impossible Dream (The Quest) ⓘ
surface form: The Impossible Dream
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1928-01-30 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2014-03-16 ⓘ
education Yale University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans ⓘ
familyName Michnick ⓘ
fieldOfWork Broadway theater ⓘ
surface form: Broadway theatre

television advertising ⓘ
founded Mitch Leigh & Associates ⓘ
genre advertising music ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ
givenName Irwin ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
name Mitch Leigh self-link ⓘ
notableSongFromManOfLaMancha The Impossible Dream (The Quest) ⓘ
notableWork Man of La Mancha NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Impossible Dream (The Quest) ⓘ
surface form: The Impossible Dream
numberOfChildren 3 ⓘ
occupation advertising jingle writer ⓘ
composer ⓘ
theatrical producer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
produced Yentl (Broadway production) ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
spouse Abigail Leigh ⓘ
studiedUnder Paul Hindemith ⓘ
TonyAwardYear 1966 ⓘ
wroteJingleFor "Nobody Doesn’t Like Sara Lee" advertising campaign ⓘ
"The Disadvantages of You" (Benson & Hedges) advertising campaign ⓘ
wroteMusicFor Man of La Mancha NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Man of La Mancha → composer → Mitch Leigh ⓘ
Spamalot → producer → Mitch Leigh ⓘ
song "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" → composer → Mitch Leigh ⓘ
subject surface form: The Impossible Dream (The Quest)
Joe Darion → collaboratedWith → Mitch Leigh ⓘ
Mitch Leigh → name → Mitch Leigh self-link ⓘ
The Impossible Dream (The Quest) → composer → Mitch Leigh ⓘ
It's All the Same → composer → Mitch Leigh ⓘ
subject surface form: "It's All the Same"
To Each His Dulcinea → composer → Mitch Leigh ⓘ
To Each His Dulcinea → musicBy → Mitch Leigh ⓘ