Living Composers Catalog Research
Index of People

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Adams, Byron (b. 1955): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - A

Adler, Samuel: Instructor to David Lefkowitz at Eastman School of Music - Lefkowitz, David

Albert, John-Michael (b. 1951): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - A

Albritton, Anne (b. 1940): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - A

Argento, Dominick (b. 1927): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1975 for From the Diary of Virginia Woolf - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

Arnell, Richard (b. 1917): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - A

Avitsur, Haim: Trombonist, has performed music by Eldad Tsabary - Tsabary, Eldad

Ayres, Paul (b. 1970): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - A

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Bach, Jan (b. 1937): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - B

Bachlund, Gary (b. 1947): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - B

Baggaley, Mary Cloward: Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - B

Baggaley, Michael Edward (b. 1973): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - B

Baggaley, Thomas C. (b. 1970): Bio - Baggaley, Thomas C.; Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - B

Bailey, Jon (b. 1939): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - B

Baker, Charles L. (b. 1953): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - B

Bassett, Leslie (b. 1923): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1966 for Variations for Orchestra - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

Berberian, Cathy: Singer. First wife of Luciano Berio. Premiered many of his works - Berio, Luciano

Berio, Luciano (1925-2003): Bio - Berio, Luciano; Web sites for additional research
Universal Edition (his publisher) - http://www.universaledition.com
http://www.themodernword.com/joyce/music/berio.html
http://www.naxos.com/composer/berio.htm
http://www.thing.net/~grist/golpub/fowler/berio/beriobio.htm
http://www.emory.edu/MUSIC/ARNOLD/berio.html
Luciano Berio: Composer whose highly personal modernism embraced theatre, language and new sonorities

Bolcom, William (b. 1938): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988 for 12 New Etudes for Piano - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

Boulanger, Nadia: Instructor to Paul Chihara - Chihara, Paul

Bourland, Roger (b. 1952): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - B

Brant, Henry (b. 1913): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for Ice Field: Spatial Narratives for Large and Small Orchestral Groups - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

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Cacavas, John (b. 1930): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - C

Carter, Elliott (b. 1908): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1960 for Second String Quartet and in 1973 for String Quartet No. 3 - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

Castaldo, Joseph (b. 1927): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - C

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario: Composition, theory and counterpoint instructor to Jerry Goldsmith - Goldsmith, Jerry

Chihara, Paul (b. 1938): Bio - Chihara, Paul; Instructor in film scoring to Thomas C. Baggaley at UCLA - Baggaley, Thomas C.

Collgrass, Michael (b. 1932): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1978 for Deja Vu for Percussion and Orchestra - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

Corigliano, John (b. 1938): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for Symphony No. 2 for String Orchestra - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

Courage, Alexander: Orchestrator for Jerry Goldsmith / Composed the theme music for the original Star Trek series - Goldsmith, Jerry

Crumb, George (b. 1929): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1968 for Echoes of Time and the River - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music; Instructor to David Lefkowitz at the University of Pennsylvania - Lefkowitz, David; Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - C

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Luigi Dallapiccola: Instructor to Luciano Berio at Tanglewood during the Berkshire Music Festival - Berio, Luciano

Davidovsky, Mario (b. 1934): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1971 for Synchronisms No. 6 - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

Del Tredici, David (b. 1937): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1980 for In Memory of a Summer Day - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

Dello Joio, Norman (b. 1913): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 for Meditations on Ecclesiastes - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music; Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - D

Dennison, Paul S. (b. 1954): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - D

Dennison, Sam (b. 1926): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - D

Drew, Lucas (b. 1938): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - D

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Foliart, Dan (b. 1951): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - F

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Ghedini, Giorgio Federico: Instructor to Luciano Berio at the Milan Conservatory - Berio, Luciano

Gimpel, Jacob: Piano instructor to Jerry Goldsmith - Goldsmith, Jerry

Gold, Ernest (b. 1921): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - G

Goldsmith, Jerry (Jerrald) (1929-2004): Bio - Goldsmith, Jerry; List of Awards - Goldsmith, Jerry; Filmography - Goldsmith, Jerry; Film composition instructor to Thomas C. Baggaley - Baggaley, Thomas C.; Web sites for additional research
IMDb.com Listing - http://us.imdb.com/Name?Goldsmith,+Jerry
Jerry Goldsmith Online - http://www.jerrygoldsmithonline.com
The Goldsmith Film Music Society - http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/7539/i_scgold.html
The Goldsmith Film Music Society (Japanese Site) - http://www.threeweb.ad.jp/~htomo/eindex.htm
A Tribute to Jerry Goldsmith - http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/6247/noframes.html

Goldsmith, Joel: Son of Jerry Goldsmith - Goldsmith, Jerry

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Harbison, John (b. 1938): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1987 for The Flight Into Egypt - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

Harrison, Lou (b. 1917): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - H

Hartley, Walter (b. 1927): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - H

Hazell, Chris (b. 1948): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - H

Husa, Karel (b. 1921): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for String Quartet No. 3 - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music; Instructor to David Lefkowitz at Cornell University - Lefkowitz, David

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Johnston, Donald O. (b. 1929): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - J

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Kam, Dennis (b. 1942): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - K

Kennan, Kent (b. 1913): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - K

Kernis, Aaron Jay (b. 1960): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1998 for String Quartet No. 2, "musica instrumentalis" - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

Khrennikov, Tikhon Nikolaievich (b. 1913): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - K

Kingman, Daniel (b. 1924): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - K

Kirchner, Leon (b. 1919): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1967 for Quartet No. 3 for Strings and Electronic Tape - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

Kraft, William (b. 1923): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - K

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La Montaine, John (b. 1920): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1959 for Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 9 - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

Lefkowitz, David (b. 1954): Bio - Lefkowitz, David; Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - L; Instructor to Thomas C. Baggaley at UCLA - Baggaley, Thomas C.

Long, David Frank (b. 1966): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - L

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Maderna, Bruno: Co-founded Italy's first studio for electro-acoustic music (Studio di fonologia musicale) with Luciano Berio - Berio, Luciano

Marriner, Neville: Conductor of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra when Paul Chihara was the first composer-in-residence of said organization - Chihara, Paul

Marsalis, Wynton (b. 1961): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1997 for Blood on the Fields - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

Martino, Donald (b. 1931): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1974 for Notturno - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

Matthews, Tony: Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - M; Web page - Tony Matthews (Absolute Music)

McAlister, Clark (b. 1946): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - M

McKay, Neil (b. 1924): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - M

Menotti, Gian-Carlo (b. 1911): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1950 for The Consul and in 1955 for The Saint of Bleecker Street - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

Minor, Eugene (b. 1940): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - M

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Newman, Alfred: Helped Jerry Goldsmith land his first major feature film - Goldsmith, Jerry

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Palmer, Robert: Instructor of Paul Chihara at Cornell University - Chihara, Paul

Paribeni, Giulio Cesare: Instructor of Luciano Berio at the Milan Conservatory - Berio, Luciano

Pecker, Talia: Musicologist. Third wife of Luciano Berio - Berio, Luciano

Penderecki, Krzysztof (b. 1933): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - P

Pepping, Ernst: Instructor to Paul Chihara - Chihara, Paul

Perle, George (b. 1915): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1986 for Wind Quintet No. 4, for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, and Bassoon - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

Peterson, Wayne (b. 1927): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for The Face of the Night - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

Price, Deon Nielsen: Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - P

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Ran, Shulamit (b. 1949): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1991 for Symphony - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

Rands, Bernard (b. 1934): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 for Canti del Sole - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

Reed, Alfred (b. 1921): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - R

Reynolds, Roger (b. 1934): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1989 for Whispers Out of Time - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

Rorem, Ned (b. 1923): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for Air Music - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

Rouse, Christopher (b. 1949): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1993 for Trombone Concerto - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

Rozsa, Miklos: Film composition instructor to Jerry Goldsmith - Goldsmith, Jerry

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Schreiner, Adolph (b. 1901): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - S

Schuller, Gunther (b. 1925): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1994 for Of Reminiscences and Reflections - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music; Instructor to Paul Chihara at Tanglewood - Chihara, Paul

Schuman, William (b. 1910): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1943 for Secular Cantata No. 2: A Free Song for full chorus of mixed voices, with accompaniment of orchestra - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

Schwantner, Joseph (b. 1943): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1979 for Aftertones of Infinity - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music; Instructor to David Lefkowitz at Eastman School of Music - Lefkowitz, David

Serebrier, Jose (b. 1938): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - S

Shchedrin, Rodion (b. 1932): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - S

Sowards, Joan Lisonbee: Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - S

Spratlan, Lewis (b. 1940): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for Life is a Dream - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

Starer, Robert (b. 1924): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - S

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Takemitsu, Toru: Composer-in-residence at the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont in 1971 with Paul Chihara - Chihara, Paul

Thurgood, Vangel F.: Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - T

Tsabary, Eldad: Bio - Tsabary, Eldad; Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - T; Web sites for additional research
Eldad Tsabary - A Contemporary Classical Music Composer

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Vinci, Albert (b. 1937): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - V

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Wagner, Melinda (b. 1965): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1999 for Concerto for Flute, Strings and Percussion - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

Walker, George (b. 1922): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for Lilacs for Soprano and Orchestra - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

Ward, Robert (b. 1917): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1962 for The Crucible - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

Weisberg, Arthur (b. 1931): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - W

Wernick, Richard (b. 1934): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1977 for Visions of Terror and Wonder - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

Williamson, Malcolm (b. 1931): Works listed in the LCC - Living Composers - W

Wuorinen, Charles (b. 1938): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1970 for Time's Encomium - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

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Zwilich, Ellen Taafe (b. 1939): Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1983 for Symphony No. 1 - Pulitzer Prize Winners in Music

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