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Born December 10, 1913 • New York
Died February 21, 1996 (aged 82) • Orlando • Florida
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize • Kennedy Center Honors (1994) • Grammy Award (1966)
Notable Works “American Ballads”
Schuller, Gunther
Gunther Schuller
American composer
André Previn.
André Previn
American composer and musician
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland
American composer
Benny Carter
Benny Carter
American musician
Coleman, Ornette
Ornette Coleman
American musician
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Marvin Hamlisch seated at a grand piano, wearing glasses and a dark shirt, with orchestral instruments and music stands visible in the background.
Marvin Hamlisch
American composer, pianist, and conductor
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
American musician
Count Basie, 1968
Count Basie
American musician
Trane
John Coltrane
American musician
John Adams
John Adams
American composer and conductor
Dizzy Gillespie, 1955.
Dizzy Gillespie
American musician
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Elliott Carter
American composer
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Steve Reich
American composer
Leonard Bernstein, wearing a dark suit and red pocket square, conducts with his right arm raised, baton in hand, in front of an orchestra in 1988.
Leonard Bernstein
American composer and conductor
The Genius
Ray Charles
American musician
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Samuel Barber
American composer
Georg Solti
Georg Solti
British conductor
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
American musician
Charlie “Bird” Parker, 1949
Charlie Parker
American musician