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Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer (died 1985)

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Anton Karas

Austrian musician and composer (1906–1985)

Anton Karl Karas was an Austrian zither player and composer, best known for his internationally famous 1948 soundtrack to Carol Reed's The Third Man. His association with the film came about as a result of a chance meeting with its director. The success of the film and the…
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Zither

Class of stringed musical instruments

Zither is a class of stringed instruments, and the term also refers to a specific subset of instruments of the zither class, most usually the concert or Alpine zithers. The modern instrument has many strings stretched across a thin, flat body.
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