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Also known as Roger Huntington Sessions, Roger H. Sessions

American composer, critic, and teacher of music (1896-1985)

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23

Top works

  • Idyll of Theocritus
  • Three choruses on biblical texts
  • The Musical Experience
  • Concertino for Chamber Orchestra
  • Symphony No. 7 (Score Only)

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Person
Country
US
Active from
1896-12-28
Active to
1985-03-16

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Roger Huntington Sessions (28 December 1896 – 16 March 1985) was an American composer, critic and teacher of music. Born in Brooklyn, New York to a family that could trace its roots back to the American revolution, Sessions studied music at Harvard University from the age of 14. There, he wrote for and subsequently edited the Harvard Musical Review. Graduating at age 18, he went on to study at Yale University under Horatio Parker and Ernest Bloch before teaching at Smith College. <a href="https

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date of birth
1896-12-28
date of death
1985-03-16
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Roger Sessions
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