Adolf Tandler, also Adolph, (born November 2, 1875 in

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) was a conductor of the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra, which predated the

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. Tandler moved to Los Angeles in 1908, and from November 1913 to 1920 led the symphony orchestra, after which it dissolved. He then transitioned to composing

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s, with credits for '' Scarface'' and ''

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''. He died (suicide by vehicle exhaust) with his daughter, crippled with arthritis since she was 14 years old, on September 30, 1953, in the

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area.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tandler, Adolf 1875 births 1953 deaths Musicians from Vienna Austrian emigrants to the United States American conductors (music) American film score composers Suicides in California