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Name: George Rochberg
Birth Date: July 5, 1918
Place of Birth: Paterson, New Jersey, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: composer

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Biography of George Rochberg
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The American composer George Rochberg (born 1918) produced important works in several distinct styles, both tonal and atonal. George Rochberg was born in Paterson, New Jersey, on July 5, 1918. He began studies in composition and counterpoint with...


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George Rochberg, (July 5, 1918, Paterson, New Jersey – May 29, 2005, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) was an American composer of contemporary classical...


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The Washington Post
Romanticist Composer George Rochberg Dies
06/02/2005: 823 words, approx. 3 pages
Classical composer George Rochberg, 86, who was propelled by private tragedy to defy the prevailing style of composition of his time and, in so doing, helped usher in a new era of musical romanticism, died May 29 at a hospital in Philadelphia of complications...
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The Boston Globe
George Rochberg; Composer Opposed 12-tone Modernism
06/02/2005: 511 words, approx. 2 pages
LOS ANGELES American composer George Rochberg, one of the central figures in the 1970s revolt against the modernist 12-tone technique of composition, died Sunday of complications after surgery May 2. He was 86. Mr. Rochberg died at a hospital in Bryn Mawr, Pa.,...
 


 

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