Leslie Bassett

Composer

1923 –

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Who is Leslie Bassett?

Leslie Bassett 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.

He studied composition with Homer Keller at the University of Michigan.

He was a member of the Gamma Pi chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia at California State University-Fresno, 1942.

His notable students include John Anthony Lennon, Andy Brick, John Burke, Evan Chambers, Robin Cox, Gabriela Lena Frank, Joseph Lukasik, Russell Peck, Frank Ticheli, Mark Kilstofte, and Richard Toensing.

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Born
Jan 22, 1923
Hanford
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Doctor of Music, University of Michigan
    (1952 - 1956)
  • École Normale de Musique de Paris
Lived in
  • California

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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