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American composer and pianist (1895–2002)

Person · Open Library

Born
1892 or 3
Died
2002
Works
7

Top works

  • The piano music of Leo Ornstein
  • Ballade
  • Intermezzo for flute and piano
  • Hebraic fantasy
  • A la Chinoise

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
10,495
Total plays
110,545

Tags

contemporary classicalAvant-GardeClassicalpianomodern classical

Leo Ornstein (ca. December 11, 1895 – February 24, 2002), born in Ukraine (then a part of pre-Soviet Imperial Russia), was one of the leading American experimental composers and pianists of the early twentieth century. His performances of works by avant-garde composers and his own innovative and even shocking pieces made him a cause célèbre on both sides of the Atlantic. Ornstein was the first important composer to make extensive use of the tone cluster. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Leo+O

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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    · 2013 · cited 13,572x

  5. Bagging predictors

    · 1996 · cited 13,156x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Lev
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Kremenchuk
Place of death
Green Bay
Occupation
music educator
Instrument
piano
Official website
leoornstein.net
Image
Leo Ornstein as a young man.jpg
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Commons category
Leo Ornstein
date of death
2002-02-24
date of birth
1892-12-11
subject has role
centenarian
Commons Creator page
Leo Ornstein
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