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Wayne Peterson
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Wayne Peterson was an American composer, university teacher, musician, and pianist. Born in Albert Lea in 1927, he studied at the University of Minnesota and the Royal Academy of Music under Lennox Berkeley and Howard Ferguson. His professional career included teaching positions at San Francisco State University and Stanford University. He worked within the fields of choral, symphonic, and chamber music, as well as jazz, spanning the 20th and 21st centuries.
Peterson received several prestigious awards, including the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Fulbright Scholarship, and the Pulitzer Prize for Music. He was a recognized figure in the Pulitzer Prize collection. Peterson died in San Francisco in 2021. He was a native English speaker and performed on the piano.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Canada
- Active from
- 1927
- Active to
- 2021
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 122
- Total plays
- 321
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Wayne Peterson (born September 3, 1927) is an American Pulitzer Prize–winning composer, pianist and educator. Peterson was born in Albert Lea, MN. He earned B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Minnesota. He did advanced study on a Fulbright Scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music, London, England. In 1960, he joined the faculty of San Francisco State University, reaching the rank of Professor of Music, from which he is now retired. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Wayne+Pete
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Wayne
- Family name
- Peterson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Albert Lea
- Place of death
- San Francisco
- Occupation
- pianist
- Educated at
- Royal Academy of Music
- Employer
- Stanford University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Student of
- Howard Ferguson
- Field of work
- classical music
- Movement
- 21st-century classical music
- Instrument
- piano
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- date of birth
- 1927-09-03
- date of death
- 2021-04-07
- name in native language
- Wayne Turner Peterson
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