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Alan Irwin Menken〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Alan+Menken )〕 (born July 22, 1949) is an American musical theatre and film composer and pianist. Menken is best known for his scores for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. His scores for ''The Little Mermaid'', ''Beauty and the Beast'', ''Aladdin'', and ''Pocahontas'' have each won him two Academy Awards. He also composed the scores for ''Little Shop of Horrors'', ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'', ''Hercules'', ''Newsies'', ''Home on the Range'', ''Enchanted'', ''Tangled,'' ''The Shaggy Dog, ''and ''Mirror Mirror''. Menken has collaborated on several occasions with lyricists including Howard Ashman, Tim Rice, Glenn Slater, Stephen Schwartz, and David Zippel. With eight Academy Award wins (four each for Best Original Score and Best Original Song), Menken is the second most prolific Oscar winner in a music category after Alfred Newman, who has nine Oscars. == Life and education == Menken was born in New York, NY to Norman Menken a dentist and his wife Judith an actress and dancer.〔("Alan Menken Biography (1949-)" ) FilmReference.com, accessed August 27, 2011〕 〔("Alan Menken Biography (1949-)" ) FilmReference.com, accessed August 27, 2011〕 He developed an interest in music at an early age, studying piano and violin. He went to New Rochelle High School in New Rochelle, New York. He attended college focussing on music at New York University's Steinhardt School. After college, he attended the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop. He performed frequently in local clubs and worked as a composer of jingles and songs and as an accompanist. Menken has been married to former ballet dancer Janis Roswick-Menken since 1972; they met when Alan composed a ballet and Janis came to audition. The couple have two daughters Anna Rose Menken and Nora Menken. Menken lives in North Salem, New York.〔(Westchester Fall Arts Preview: Theater ) Retrieved 2014-10-02.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alan Menken」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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