George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was born in Dublin, the son of a civil servant. His education was irregular, due to his dislike of any organized training. After working in an estate agent's office for a while he moved to London as a young man (1876), where he established hims ...

Michael Valenti composed, arranged and conducted the music for the Emmy Award-winning television series A Walk through the 20th Century. For CBS radio he shared the Peabody Award for Newsmark.

His Broadway credits include Oh, Brother!, Clothes for a Summer Hotel (Tennessee Wil ...