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Australian composer, arranger and conductor born in Berlin of Jewish parents and gravitated to music. He was interned and escaped to Singapore. In 1940 he was sent to Australia. Among posts he occupied are conductor of the Sydney Male choir and musical director of the Sydney Jewish choral Society. Werner Baer's contribution to Australian music is vast, and encompasses many aspects of the musical spectrum: composer, conductor, orchestrator, arranger, accompanist, pianist, organist, adjucator, |