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Vincent Persichetti

American composer (1915–1987)

1915–1987

241 works and musical collections

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Born
1915
Died
1987
Birthplace
Philadelphia
Place of death
Philadelphia
Citizenship / historical state
United States
Period (estimated from birth year)
Modern

Biography

Vincent Ludwig Persichetti (June 6, 1915 – August 14, 1987) was an American composer, teacher, and pianist. An important musical educator and writer, he was known for his integration of various new ideas in musical composition into his own work and teaching, as well as for training many noted composers in composition at the Juilliard School.

His students at Juilliard included Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Larry Thomas Bell, Bruce Adolphe, Louis Calabro, Moshe Cotel, Michael Jeffrey Shapiro, Laurie Spiegel, Kenneth Fuchs, Richard Danielpour, Lawrence Dillon, Peter Schickele, Lowell Liebermann, Robert Witt, Elena Ruehr, William Schimmel, Leonardo Balada, Gitta Steiner, Hank Beebe, Roland Wiggins, Thomas Pasatieri, Randell Croley and Leo Brouwer. He also taught composition to Joseph Willcox Jenkins and conductor James DePreist at the Philadelphia Conservatory.

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Life and musical career

Occupations
conductor; composer; musicologist; music educator; university teacher; pianist
Education
Curtis Institute of Music; The University of the Arts; Combs College of Music; South Philadelphia High School
Career institutions / employers
Juilliard School
Recorded memberships
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Instruments played
organ
Genres
symphony
Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship; Arts and Letters Award in Music; Kennedy Center Friedheim Award
Official website
http://persichetti.org
Languages used
English
VIAF ID
76501168
ISNI
0000000110298339
GND ID
118855832
Library of Congress ID
n80097322
MusicBrainz ID
edccfb26-b418-4128-aca1-b60fcdac1599

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Piano, Flute, Voice, Bassoon, Piccolo
Genres represented
Classical
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Catalogue

Sheet music catalogue page 6 of 6

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Works and musical collections with sheet music details
Title Work details Listed instruments Sheet music
The Microbe , op. 75, no. 2
Catalogue / opus
op. 75, no. 2
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