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Lewis Spratlan
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American music academic (1940–2023)
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Lewis Spratlan (1940–2023) was an American composer, conductor, and university teacher. Born in Miami, he was educated at Yale University and served as a professor at Amherst College, where he held the title of emeritus. His work primarily encompassed the genres of opera and classical music, often categorized as contemporary or modern classical.
Spratlan received the Guggenheim Fellowship and the Pulitzer Prize for Music. He is recognized in the Pulitzer Prize collection. A male artist, he was a citizen of the United States.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1940
- Active to
- 2023
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 290
- Total plays
- 2,702
Tags
Meriwether Lewis Spratlan Jr. (September 5, 1940 – February 9, 2023)[1][2] was an American music academic and composer of contemporary classical music. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Lewis+Spratlan">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lewis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Miami
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Yale University
- Employer
- Amherst College
- Academic degree
- professor
- Genre
- classical music
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- date of birth
- 1940-09-05
- date of death
- 2023-02-09
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