Émigré

The outbreaks of the First and Second World Wars forced many 20th-century composers to flee their homelands in pursuit of a safer and better existence. For some, life in exile had a significant impact on their musical style (Igor Stravinsky, for example, fell in love with jazz in the US), but for others, immigration made the bond to their cultures even stronger. And what would the sound of Hollywood have been like without the Europeans who escaped Nazi Germany?