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Also known as Robert Frederick Graettinger

American composer (1923-1957)

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Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1923-10-31
Active to
1957-03-12
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Robert Frederick Graettinger (31 October 1923 - 12 March 1957) was an American composer, best known for his work with Stan Kenton. In 1947 he offered a short composition, "Thermopylae", to Stan Kenton, who decided to record it. Graettinger then came up with "City of Glass", a three-part tone poem. At this time he was studying composition under Russell Garcia. Graettinger's radical polystylistic soundworld, with its polyphonic density and bracing atonality <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Robe

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Pete Rugolo, Stan Kenton, and Bob Graettinger, 1947 or 1948 (William P. Gottlieb 04941).jpg
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date of birth
1941-07-31
date of death
1957-03-12
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