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Vinony's link graph records 15 inbound references to Roger Nixon, and connects out to William Shakespeare, World War II and California.
It sits within the topics 1921 births, 2009 deaths and 20th-century American classical composers.
Vinony links it to 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1921
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Four duos
- Variations for clarinet and cello
- Music for piano
- Music for clarinet and piano
- Four duos, for flute or oboe and Bb clarinet
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Sweden
- Active from
- 1921
- Active to
- 2009
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 240
- Total plays
- 733
Tags
Roger Nixon (August 8, 1921 – October 13, 2009) was an American composer, musician, and professor of music. He wrote over 60 compositions for orchestra, band, choir and opera. Nixon received many awards and honors his works, many of which contain a feel of the rhythms and dances of the early settlers of his native state of California. Nixon was born and raised in California's Central Valley towns of Tulare and Modesto. Nixon attended Modesto Junior College from 1938–1940 where he studied clarin
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Roger
- Family name
- Nixon
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Tulare
- Place of death
- Burlingame
- Occupation
- musicologist
- Educated at
- Modesto Junior College
- Employer
- San Francisco State University
- Instrument
- clarinet
- Conflict
- World War II
Show 4 more facts
- cause of death
- leukemia
- date of birth
- 1921-08-08
- date of death
- 2009-10-13
- manner of death
- natural causes
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