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Gardner Read

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American composer (1913-2005)

Person · Open Library

Born
1913
Died
2005
Works
40

Top works

  • Fantasy-toccata
  • Nocturnal visions
  • Sonoric fantasia
  • 20th-century microtonal notation
  • A Christmas pastorale for violin and organ

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Type
Person
Country
GB
Active from
1944-09-22

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Listeners
70
Total plays
505

Gardner Read (January 2, 1913 in Evanston, Illinois – November 10, 2005 in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts) was an American composer and musical scholar. His first musical studies were in piano and organ, and he also took lessons in counterpoint and composition at the School of Music at Northwestern University. In 1932 he was awarded a four-year scholarship to the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with Bernard Rogers and Howard Hanson. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Gardner+Rea

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date of birth
1913-01-02
date of death
2005-10-10
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