Lee Hoiby
Composer
1926 – 2011
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Who was Lee Hoiby?
Lee Henry Hoiby was an American composer and classical pianist. Best known as a composer of operas and songs, he was a disciple of composer Gian Carlo Menotti. Like Menotti, his works championed lyricism during a time when such compositions were deemed old fashioned and irrelevant to modern society. His most well known work is his setting of Tennessee Williams's Summer and Smoke which premiered at the St Paul Opera in 1971.
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- Born
- Feb 17, 1926
Madison - Also known as
- Hoiby, Lee
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Curtis Institute of Music
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Mills College
- Died
- Mar 28, 2011
New York City
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on July 23, 2013
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