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Also known as Lee Henry Hoiby

American composer (1926-2011)

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Works
13

Top works

  • Italian Lesson
  • Summer and smoke
  • Beatrice
  • Natalia Petrovna
  • Ciaconetta for viola and piano

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1926-02-17
Active to
2011-03-28

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Listeners
499
Total plays
2,193

Lee Henry Hoiby (February 17, 1926 – March 28, 2011) was an American composer and classical pianist. Best known as a composer of operas and songs, he was a disciple of composer Gian Carlo Menotti.[1] Like Menotti, his works championed lyricism during a time when such compositions were deemed old fashioned and irrelevant to modern society.[2] His most well known work is his setting of Tennessee Williams's Summer and Smoke which premiered at the St Paul Opera in 1971. [3] www.leehoiby.com

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Lee
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Madison
Place of death
New York City
Occupation
composer
Genre
opera
Instrument
piano
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date of birth
1926-02-17
date of death
2011-03-28
cause of death
melanoma
manner of death
natural causes
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