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Christian Wolff

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Also known as Christian G. Wolff, Christian George Wolff

American composer and classicist (born 1934)

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Born
1679
Died
1754
Works
167

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  • Vernünfftige gedancken von der menschen thun und lassen
  • Philosophia rationalis
  • Christian Wolff
  • Recueil de nouvelles pieces philosophiques
  • Le philosophe-roi et le roi-philosophe ; La théorie des affaires publiques

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Christian Wolff (born March 8, 1934) is an American composer of experimental classical music. Wolff was born in Nice in France of German parentage. His family moved to the United States in 1941, and he became an American citizen in 1946. He studied classics at Harvard University (he is a specialist in the work of Euripides) and upon graduating took up a teaching post there which he kept until 1970 when he began to teach classics, comparative literature, and music at Dartmouth College until his

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Quotes

  • Form is a theatrical event of a certain length, and the length itself may be unpredictable.

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