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Name: Walter Piston
Birth Date: January 20, 1894
Death Date: November 12, 1976
Place of Birth: Rockland, Maine, United States
Place of Death: Belmont, Massachusetts, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: composer

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Biography of Walter Piston
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Walter Piston (1894-1976), American composer, wrote traditionalist music of great technical skill which was neoclassic in its orientation. He was highly influential as an educator. Walter Piston was born on Jan. 20, 1894, in Rockland, Maine. His...


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Walter Hamor Piston Jr. (January 20, 1894 – November 12, 1976) was an American composer and...


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Norrington underscores vital nature of Walter Piston
03/25/1994: 647 words, approx. 2 pages
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Roger Norrington, conductor At: Symphony Hall, last night. Of all the Boston Symphony Orchestra's guest conductors, Roger Norrington is the best sport. Over the years of his association with the orchestra, he has willingly taken on some "duty"...
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Harvard Composers: Walter Piston and His Students, from Elliott Carter to Frederic Rzewski. (book reviews)
03/01/1994: 1,290 words, approx. 4 pages
In 1862, the great American composer John Knowles Paine began what would be a forty-three year professional association with Harvard University. Following a then usual period of study in Europe (in Paine's case in Berlin, with the respected pedagogues Karl-August Haupt and Wilhelm...
 


 

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