Douglas Stuart Moore

Douglas Stuart Moore (born Aug. 10, 1893, Cutchogue, N.Y., U.S.—died July 25, 1969, Greenport, N.Y.) was an American composer best known for his folk operas dealing with American themes, the most successful being The Ballad of Baby Doe (1956). He studied composition with Horatio Parker at Yale and with Vincent d’Indy and Nadia Boulanger in Paris. From 1926 to 1962, he was on the faculty of Columbia University. Moore’s operas are generally concerned with American...