Joseph Kosma was a Hungarian composer, of Jewish background. His parents taught stenography and typing. He had a brother, Akős. He was related on his mother's side to László Moholy-Nagy. Kosma started to play the piano at age 5, and later took piano lessons. After completing his education at the Gymnasium Franz-Jőszef, he attended the Academy of Music in Budapest, where he studied with Leó Weiner. He also studied with Béla Bartók in Academy Liszt. Wikipedia
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Joseph Kosma was born in Budapest. He took an interest in music at a very young age, writing an opera called "Noel dans les Tranchées" as a teenager. One of his greatest loves in Budapest was the music of Bela Bartok. Finding the political atmosphere to b www.imdb.com/name/nm0006158/
