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- 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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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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Oakland
- Place of death
- Seattle
- Occupation
- music educator
- Educated at
- University of Rochester
- Employer
- Juilliard School
- Genre
- symphony
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- date of birth
- 1921-04-01
- date of death
- 1994-03-18
- student
- Philip Glass
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
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