Modern Music and After: Directions Since 1945
by Paul Griffiths
Period: Late 20th
Century
Born: Sunday, January 31, 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland
(USA)
As of May 2005 this composer is still living.
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Nation of Origin: United States
Major Works:
Einstein on the Beach
Hydrogen Jukebox
Other Information:
Minimalist composer.
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of
Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN:
0198691629
Lampert, Vera; Kemp, Ian; and White, Eric Walter,
The New Grove Modern Masters (The New Grove Series), W. W.
Norton & Company, November 1997, ISBN: 0393315924
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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Biographical essay from the Grove Concise Dictionary of
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Biographical essay at the Naxos site
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Biography at the Schirmer site
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