Twentieth Century Music: An Introduction
by Eric Salzman
Period: Early 20th Century
Born: Wednesday, November 14, 1900 in Brooklyn, New York (USA)
Died: Sunday, December 2, 1990 in Westchester, New York (USA)
Nation of Origin: United States
Major Works:
Appalachian Spring
Rodeo
El Salon Mexico
Fanfare for the Common Man
Other Information:
He won the Pulitzer Prize in Music for Appalachian Spring in 1945.
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN: 0198691629
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
Slonimsky, Nicolas, Music Since 1900, Schirmer Books, July 1994, ISBN: 0028724186
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Biography at the Boosey and Hawks site.
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