George Rochberg
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- Dance of Polar Opposites
- Aesthetics of Survival
- Concerto for clarinet and orchestra
- Rhapsody and prayer
- Muse of fire
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George Rochberg, (July 5, 1918, Paterson, New Jersey – May 29, 2005, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) was an American composer of contemporary classical music. Rochberg attended the Mannes College of Music, where one of his teachers was George Szell. He was the chairman of the music department at the University of Pennsylvania until 1968, and continued to teach there until 1983. His notable students include Vincent McDermott. After a period of experimentation with serialism <a href="https://www.last.f
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- A short history of<i>SHELX</i>
· 2007 · cited 79,936x
- Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 48,604x
- Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>
· 2015 · cited 40,859x
- <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination
· 2015 · cited 27,619x
- A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity
· 1961 · cited 23,198x
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Paterson
- Place of death
- Philadelphia
- Occupation
- musicologist
- Educated at
- Mannes College The New School for Music
- Employer
- University of Pennsylvania
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- classical music
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Official website
- www.presser.com/composer/rochberg-george
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- date of death
- 2005-05-29
- date of birth
- 1918-07-05
- nominated for
- Pulitzer Prize for Music
- student
- Stephen Albert
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