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Gail Kubik was an American composer, conductor, musicologist, and music educator. Born in South Coffeyville in 1914, he studied at Harvard University, the Eastman School of Music, and Mannes College The New School for Music. He was a student of Nadia Boulanger and played the violin. Kubik was employed by the University of Southern California and spoke English.
He received a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Kubik died in Covina in 1984. His work is recognized in the Pulitzer Prize collection.
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Music · MusicBrainz
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1914
- Active to
- 1984
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Listeners · Last.fm
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- 218
- Total plays
- 691
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Gail Thompson Kubik (September 5, 1914, South Coffeyville, Oklahoma – July 20, 1984, Covina, California) was an American composer, music director, violinist, and teacher. Kubik studied at the Eastman School of Music, the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago with Leo Sowerby, and Harvard University with Walter Piston and Nadia Boulanger. He taught violin and composition at Monmouth College and composition and music history at Columbia University (1937), Teachers College and Scripps College.
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- South Coffeyville
- Place of death
- Covina
- Occupation
- violinist
- Educated at
- Mannes College The New School for Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Nadia Boulanger
- Field of work
- music
- Instrument
- violin
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- Venasque - Plaque Gail Kubik.JPG
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- date of birth
- 1914-09-15
- date of death
- 1984-07-20
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