Carlisle Floyd
Composer
1926 –
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Who is Carlisle Floyd?
Carlisle Floyd is an American opera composer. The son of a Methodist minister, he has based many of his works on themes from the South. His best known opera, Susannah, is based on a story from the Apocrypha, transferred to contemporary, rural Tennessee, and is set in a Southern dialect.
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- Born
- Jun 11, 1926
Latta - Also known as
- Floyd, Carlisle
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Master of Music, Syracuse University
Piano
( - 1949) - Musical composition
- Converse College
- Master of Music, Syracuse University
- Employment
- Florida State University
- Lived in
- Houston
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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