Composer
William Anderson
guitarist and songwriter from the USA
b. 1962
25 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1962
- Birthplace
- United States
- Citizenship / historical state
- United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
William Anderson (born 1962) is an American guitarist and songwriter.
Anderson studied the guitar with Allen Krantz, Christoph Harlan, and David Starobin, and studied composition with Frank Brickle. His recent recordings include music by Hans Erich Apostel, Milton Babbitt, Paul Hindemith, Ernst Krenek, Meyer Kupferman, and Robert Martin, as well as his own works.
Anderson's compositions include Guitar Variations (1993) for solo guitar, Ear Conception for chamber ensemble (1995), A Giddy Thing for mandolin (2001) and a number of shorter works.
Anderson is co-director of the Cygnus Ensemble (founded 1985), which released its first CD, Broken Consort, in 2001. He teaches the guitar at Sarah Lawrence College. He is also currently the director of the guitar ensemble at Queens College, part of the City University of New York.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- guitarist; songwriter; composer; classical guitarist
- Instruments played
- guitar
- VIAF ID
- 61854442
- ISNI
- 0000000049737485
- Library of Congress ID
- nr94010816
- MusicBrainz ID
- 7486c2aa-7465-4576-bc74-3efa007a1164
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Choir, Voice, Flute
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
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Catalogue
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Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 61854442.