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- Interviews with American Composers
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- Warning Light Calling
- An Introduction to Tonal Theory
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- Male
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- United States
- Active from
- 1931-05-28
- Active to
- 2019-06-26
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Biography: Peter Westergaard is the William Shubael Conant Professor of Music, Emeritus, at Princeton University. A composer and music theorist, he was a student of Milton Babbitt. He has composed numerous operas from Charivari (1953) to Alice and Wonderland (2006). He is also the author of "An Introduction to Tonal Theory (W.W. Norton, 1975). Amongst former pupils of Babbitt, Westergaard stands out for his contributions to serial theory, as well as for his compositions <a href="https://www.l
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- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Champaign
- Occupation
- researcher
- Educated at
- Princeton University
- Employer
- Princeton University
- Genre
- opera
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- date of birth
- 1931-05-28
- date of death
- 2019-06-26
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- composers.com/peter-westergaard
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