Leon Kirchner
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- 31
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- Concerto for violin, cello ten wind and percussion
- Quartet no. 3, for strings and electronic tape
- Triptych
- Duo for violin and piano
- String quartet no. 1
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1919-01-24
- Active to
- 2009-09-17
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Leon Kirchner (January 24, 1919 – September 17, 2009) was an American composer of classical music. He was a member of The American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Kirchner studied at the University of California Los Angeles with Ernest Bloch and Arnold Schoenberg. Kirchner began graduate studies with Bloch at the University of California, Berkeley but he served in the military and studied in New York with Roger Sessions before completing his degree. <a
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- date of death
- 2009-09-17
- date of birth
- 1919-01-24
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