Ernst Bacon
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American composer and musician (1898-1990)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1898
- Died
- 1990
- Works
- 20
Top works
- Songs from Emily Dickinson
- Quiet airs
- Six songs
- Fifty songs
- Sonata for 'cello and piano
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1898-05-26
- Active to
- 1990-03-16
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 211
- Total plays
- 1,518
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Ernst Lecher Bacon (May 26, 1898 – March 16, 1990) was an American composer, pianist, and conductor. A prolific author, Bacon composed over 250 songs over his career. He was awarded three Guggenheim Fellowships and a Pulitzer Scholarship in 1932 for his Second Symphony. Bacon was self-taught in composition, except for two years of study with Karl Weigl in Vienna, Austria. Experiencing the depression of post-war Europe first hand, he understood that the avant-garde movement reflected the pessimi
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ernst
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Orinda
- Occupation
- conductor
- Educated at
- University of California, Berkeley
- Employer
- Eastman School of Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Ernest Bloch
- Field of work
- music education
- Instrument
- piano
Show 3 more facts
- date of birth
- 1898-05-26
- date of death
- 1990-03-16
- student
- Carlisle Floyd
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