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Also known as Ernst Lecher Bacon

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

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