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Born:
1920
— Oak Park, Illinois
— USA
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Life
He studied compostion at the Eastman School of Music with Bernard Rogers and Howard Hanson then he studied at Julliard. He was a touring perfoming pianist and played with the NBC symphony with Arturo Toscanini. He then went to France and studied with Nadia Boulanger. He was a full time composer until his late 30’s when he went into stock brokering. He was about to quit composing when in 1959 he won a pulitzer prize for his piano concerto opus 9. Since then he has recieved enough commisions to compose full time.
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