biography
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Sessions, Roger (Huntingdon)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1896–1985)
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| biography:
| Composer, born in New York City, USA. He studied at Harvard and Yale universities, and also under Ernest Bloch, then spent some time in Europe. He later taught in the USA, working at the universities of Princeton (1935–45, 1953–65) and California, Berkeley (1945–52), and at the Juilliard School, New York City (from 1965). His compositions include eight symphonies, a violin concerto, piano and chamber music, two operas, and a Concerto for Orchestra (1981, Pulitzer). |
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