Music and Lyric

Music - Sylvester Levay

Sylvester Levay (originally Lévay Szilveszter, Serbian: Силвестер Леваи, Silvester Levai) is a Hungarian composer. He was born 16 May 1945 in Subotica in the North Bačka District of Vojvodina, Yugoslavia (now Serbia), his name in English is pronounced similarly to "Lave-ah-ee (like slave)."

Sylvester Levay began his musical studies at the age of eight. Levay developed a taste for American music while growing up in Yugoslavia, eventually becoming a music arranger and lyricist.Upon his arrival in Munich in 1972, he met his writing partner, Michael Kunze, with whom he has created many successful theatrical works.From 1980 to 2000 he lived in Hollywood and concentrated on composing film music.He composed songs for notable artists lile Elton John and Penny McLean.He was awarded with a Grammy for his 1975 song "Fly Robin Fly".

In October 2010, Levay worked with Xiah Junsu of JYJ to prepare for a musical concert - "Kim Junsu Musical Concert, Levay with Friends" in South Korea to be held at Seoul's Olympic Gymnastics Arena.He currently divides his time between homes in Munich, Vienna and Los Angeles. Married for twenty-five years, he and his wife Monika have a daughter, Alice, and a son, Sylvester Jr.

Compositions

Lyric - Michael Kunze

Michael Kunze (born 9 November 1943) is a German musical theater lyricist and librettist. He is best known for the hit musicals Elisabeth (1992), Dance of the Vampires (1996), Mozart! (1999), Marie Antoinette (2006), and Rebecca (2006).

He has also written the lyrics for a number of hit songs, including the number one Billboard hit Fly, Robin, Fly (1976) and was one of the top 1970s record producers, including songs for musical acts Silver Convention, Penny McLean, and Sister Sledge.Kunze has won a Grammy Award, ECHO Lifetime Award and holds 79 Gold and Platinum records.

Adaptations

Original Musicals

Numbers - Rebecca

Act I

Act II