Walter Piston
Composer
1894 – 1976
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Who was Walter Piston?
Walter Hamor Piston Jr, was an American composer of classical music, music theorist and professor of music at Harvard University whose students included Leroy Anderson, Leonard Bernstein and Elliott Carter.
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- Born
- Jan 20, 1894
Rockland - Also known as
- Walter Hamor Piston Jr.
- Piston Jr., Walter Hamor
- Anthony Piston
- Walter Hamor Piston
- Parents
- Spouses
- Kathryn Nason
(1920 - 1976/02)
- Kathryn Nason
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University
Counterpoint
(1920 - 1924) - Canon
- Fugue
- Harmony (Music)
- Musical composition
- Music history
- Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University
- Lived in
- Maine
- Belmont
( - 1976/11/12)
- Died
- Nov 12, 1976
Belmont - Resting place
- Mount Auburn Cemetery
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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