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Walter Piston
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American composer (1894–1976)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1894
- Died
- 1976
- Works
- 66
Top works
- 和声学
- Contrapunt
- 和聲學
- 화성학
- Problems of intonation in the performance of contemporary music
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4,200
- Total plays
- 25,197
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Walter Hamor Piston Jr. (January 20, 1894 – November 12, 1976) was an American composer. He was born in Rockland, Maine. His father's father, the sailor Antonio Pistone changed his name to Anthony Piston when he came to America from Genoa, Italy. In 1905, Walter Piston Sr. and his family moved to Boston. Walter Jr. trained as an engineer at the Mechanical Arts High School in Boston, but he was artistically inclined and upon graduating from there in 1912 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Walter
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease
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- A logical calculus of the ideas immanent in nervous activity
· 1943 · cited 13,048x
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- date of birth
- 1894-01-20
- date of death
- 1976-11-12
- name in native language
- Walter Piston
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