Musician Dictionary

Roger Sessions

American composer, critic, and teacher of music (1896-1985) · American composer

DescriptionAmerican composer, critic, and teacher of music (1896-1985)
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BornSources disagree: 1896-12-28 (MusicBrainz) · 1896-12-28 (Wikidata) · 1986-12-29 (Wikidata)
BirthplaceBrooklyn Brooklyn
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
Died1985-03-16
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
Place of deathPrinceton Princeton
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
AreaUnited States
Source: MusicBrainz
CountryUS
Source: MusicBrainz
CitizenshipUnited States
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Occupationmusicologist university teacher music critic composer music theorist classical composer musician music teacher pianist
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Genressymphony opera classical music
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Member ofAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences American Academy of Arts and Letters
Source: Wikidata
AwardsFellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Rome Prize Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards Guggenheim Fellowship Honorary Member of the International Society for Contemporary Music Pulitzer Prize for Music
Source: Wikidata

Also known as

R. Sessions Sessions

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