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Also known as William Laurence Bergsma

American composer

Person · Open Library

Born
1921
Died
1994
Works
20

Top works

  • The wife
  • Confrontation
  • Chameleon variations
  • Quintet for flute and string quartet
  • Changes for seven

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1921-04-01
Active to
1994-03-18

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
159
Total plays
1,012

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William Laurence Bergsma (April 1, 1921–March 18, 1994) was an American composer. After studying piano with his mother, a former opera singer, and then the viola, Bergsma moved on to study composition; his most significant teachers were Howard Hanson and Bernard Rogers. Bergsma attended Stanford University for two years (1938-40) before moving on to the Eastman School of Music, where he earned his bachelor's and master's degrees. In 1946 he accepted a position at Juilliard <a href="https://www.l

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. VMD: Visual molecular dynamics

    · 1996 · cited 62,851x

  2. Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure

    · 1976 · cited 44,794x

  3. Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water

    · 1983 · cited 39,502x

  4. QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

    · 2010 · cited 30,937x

  5. Preparation of Graphitic Oxide

    · 1958 · cited 28,675x

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