John Harbison

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American composer composer human

John Harbison is an American composer renowned for his orchestral, chamber, choral, and operatic works, and for his influential role in contemporary classical music.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American composer → composer → human →
awardReceived	Kennedy Center Friedheim Award → MacArthur Fellowship → Pulitzer Prize for Music →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1938-12-20 →
educatedAt	Harvard University → Princeton University →
employer	Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
familyName	Harbison →
fieldOfWork	music composition → orchestration →
genre	chamber music → choral music → contemporary classical music → opera → orchestral music →
givenName	John →
influencedBy	Igor Stravinsky → Johann Sebastian Bach → jazz →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Letters → American Academy of Arts and Sciences →
movement	contemporary classical music →
name	John Harbison →
notableWork	Flight into Egypt → Full Moon in March (chamber opera) → Mirabai Songs → Piano Concerto → Requiem → Symphony No. 1 → Symphony No. 2 → Symphony No. 3 → Symphony No. 4 → Symphony No. 5 → Symphony No. 6 → The Flight into Egypt (cantata) → The Great Gatsby (opera) → Viola Concerto → Winter’s Tale (opera) →
occupation	composer → conductor → music teacher →
placeOfBirth	Orange, New Jersey, United States →
positionHeld	Institute Professor at MIT →
residence	Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States →
spouse	Rose Mary Harbison →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Full Moon in March (chamber opera) → Mirabai Songs → Piano Concerto → Symphony No. 1 (Harbison) → Symphony No. 4 (Harbison) → Symphony No. 6 (Harbison) → The Flight into Egypt (cantata) → The Great Gatsby (opera) → Viola Concerto → Winter’s Tale (opera) →	composer
Symphony No. 1 (Harbison) →	creator
Full Moon in March (chamber opera) →	hasAuthorOfLibretto
Piano Concerto →	hasCreator
Institute Professor at MIT →	hasNotableHolder
The Great Gatsby (opera) →	librettist
John Harbison →	name