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Also known as Arthur Adolph Loesser

American classical pianist, teacher and writer (1894–1969)

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Arthur Loesser (August 26, 1894 – January 5, 1969) was an American classical pianist and writer. Born into a musical family, Loesser received early training from his father until he began lessons with Zygmunt Stojowski at the Institute of Musical Art, now called the Juilliard School.[1][2] Loesser was the author of the books Humor in American Song[3] and Men, Women, and Pianos: A Social History. He also wrote program notes for the Cleveland Orchestra and liner notes for recordings by Vladimi

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Instance of
human
Given name
Arthur
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
New York City
Place of death
Cleveland
Occupation
writer
Educated at
Juilliard School
Languages spoken
English language
Instrument
piano
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date of birth
1894-08-26
date of death
1969-01-04
cause of death
myocardial infarction
manner of death
natural causes
writing language
English language
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