David Lewin
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1933 – 2003
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Who was David Lewin?
David Lewin was an American music theorist, music critic and composer. Called "the most original and far-ranging theorist of his generation", he did his most influential theoretical work on the development of transformational theory, which involves the application of mathematical group theory to music.
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- Born
- Jul 2, 1933
New York City - Also known as
- David B. Lewin
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Harvard University
- Master of Fine Arts, Princeton University
Music theory
( - 1958) - Musical composition
- Lived in
- Massachusetts
(1980 - 2003/05/05)
- Massachusetts
- Died
- May 5, 2003
Cambridge
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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