Persichetti, Vincent
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Birthname | Vincent Ludwig Persichetti | ||||
born on | 6 June 1915 at 21:57 (= 9:57 PM ) | ||||
Place | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 39n57, 75w10 | ||||
Timezone | EST h5w (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
American composer, teacher, and pianist. An important musical educator and writer, he was known for his integration of various new ideas in musical composition into his own work and teaching, as well as for training many noted composers in composition at the Juilliard School.
He wrote the noted music theory textbook, Twentieth Century Harmony: Creative Aspects and Practice. He and Flora Rheta Schreiber wrote a monograph on William Schuman.
Vincent Persichetti died on 14 August 1987 at age 72.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Graham, Martha (born 11 May 1894)
- (has as) student relationship with Glass, Philip (born 31 January 1937)
- (has as) student relationship with Schickele, Peter (born 17 July 1935)
Events
- Relationship : Marriage 1941 (with Dorthea Flanagan)
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield quotes from Vincent Persichetti: Grazioso, Grit, and Gold by Andrea Olmstead (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018), page 4, cites birth certificate.
Categories
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (a daughter)
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Composer/ Arranger
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Instrumentalist (Pianist)
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Music teacher
- Vocation : Writers : Biographer
- Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction (Music theory)
Categories:
- 1915 births
- Birthday 6 June
- Birthplace Philadelphia, PA (US)
- Sun 15 Gemini
- Moon 13 Aries
- Asc 22 Capricorn
- 1987 deaths
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Composer/ Arranger
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Instrumentalist
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Music teacher
- Vocation : Writers : Biographer
- Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction