Leslie Bassett
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Leslie Bassett (born January 22, 1923 in Hanford, California) is an American composer of classical music, and the University of Michigan’s Albert A. Stanley Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Composition. Bassett received the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Variations for Orchestra.[1][2]
He studied composition with Homer Keller at the University of Michigan.
He is a member of the Gamma Pi chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia at California State University-Fresno, 1942.
For notable students, See: List of music students by teacher: A to B#Leslie Bassett.
References
External links
- Leslie Bassett official site
- Leslie Bassett page
- Leslie Bassett's complete list of classical compositions
Interviews
- Interview by Bruce Duffie, June 11, 1987
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Pulitzer Prize for Music (1961–1970)
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Categories:
- 1923 births
- 20th-century classical composers
- 21st-century classical composers
- American male classical composers
- American classical composers
- Living people
- Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Pulitzer Prize for Music winners
- People from Hanford, California
- University of Michigan alumni
- California State University, Fresno alumni
- University of Michigan faculty
- Rome Prize winners
- Guggenheim Fellows
- Pupils of Nadia Boulanger
- 20th-century American musicians
- 21st-century American musicians
- American composer, 20th-century birth stubs
