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Lerdahl, Fred Whitford
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Brief biography noting studies and influences, work in composition and theory. From the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
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Official faculty page from Columbia University Department of Music. Biography, selected publications, and selected compositions.
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Faculty Fred Lerdahl, Fritz Reiner Professor of Musical Composition BMus composition/piano (Lawrence University 1965 MFA composition (Princeton 1967) Fred Lerdahl taught at the University of California, Berkeley and Harvard University, at Columbia from 1979-85, and subsequently at the University of Michigan,...Study of his music intersecting with the literature of James Joyce includes original commentary and CD liner notes.
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Joyce Music: Fred Lerdahl's Wake This wonderful piece is a bit hard to describe; but I have a few thoughts on how Lerdahl might have been inspired See, John Cage, upon ascending to Heaven, looked up Arnold Schoenberg, who, being slightly peeved at God for...Biography from the Living Composers Project noting academic career, writings, and musical works. Includes contact information.
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Fred Lerdahl American composer of orchestral, chamber, vocal, and piano works that have been performed in the Americas and Europe; he is also active as a writer 9;Prof. Lerdahl studied with James Ming at Lawrence University, where he earned his BMus in...Biographical material and details of his Fantasy Etudes with information on the performance by eighth blackbird. Includes entire piece in RAM audio, with a duration of 13:19.
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Art of the States: Fred Lerdahl Keyword Search: Search by: Current Feature: 19th-century South Feature Archive Recent Additions aboutArtoftheStates Fred Lerdahl (b. 1943) Fantasy Etudes (1985) Fred Lerdahl (b. 1943) misc chamber/small...