Milton Babbitt

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composer human music theorist university teacher

Milton Babbitt was an influential American composer and music theorist known for his pioneering work in serialism and electronic music.

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Label	Occurrences
Milton Babbitt canonical	4
Milton Byron Babbitt	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	composer ⓘ human ⓘ music theorist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
associatedWith	Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center ⓘ
awardReceived	MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ National Medal of Arts ⓘ Pulitzer Prize Special Citation and Award ⓘ surface form: Pulitzer Prize Special Citation
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1916-05-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2011-01-29 ⓘ
educatedAt	New York University ⓘ Princeton University ⓘ
employer	Juilliard School ⓘ Princeton University ⓘ
familyName	Babbitt ⓘ
fieldOfWork	composition ⓘ electronic music ⓘ music theory ⓘ
fullName	Milton Babbitt self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Milton Byron Babbitt
genre	classical music ⓘ electronic music ⓘ
givenName	Milton ⓘ
instrument	synthesizer ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
movement	postwar avant-garde ⓘ serialism ⓘ total serialism ⓘ
notableFor	development of rigorous twelve-tone compositional techniques ⓘ pioneering work in electronic music ⓘ pioneering work in serialism ⓘ pioneering work in total serialism ⓘ
notableWork	All Set ⓘ Aria da capo ⓘ surface form: Arie da capo Around the Horn ⓘ Arrows ⓘ Beaten Paths ⓘ Composition for Synthesizer ⓘ Correspondences ⓘ Ensembles for Synthesizer ⓘ From the Psalter ⓘ Gavotte ⓘ Melismata ⓘ Minute Waltz (or) 3/4 ± 1/8 ⓘ My Ends Are My Beginnings ⓘ None but the Lonely Flute ⓘ Partitions ⓘ Partitions for Piano ⓘ Philomel ⓘ Play It Again Sam ⓘ surface form: Play It Again, Sam Post-Partitions ⓘ Reflections ⓘ Relata I ⓘ Relata II ⓘ Semi-Simple Variations ⓘ Septet but Equal ⓘ Set Structure as a Compositional Determinant ⓘ Some Aspects of Twelve-Tone Composition ⓘ String Quartet No. 2 ⓘ String Quartet No. 3 ⓘ String Quartet No. 4 ⓘ String Quartet No. 5 ⓘ String Quartet No. 6 ⓘ Swan Song No. 1 ⓘ Swan Song No. 1 ⓘ surface form: Swan Song No. 2 The Head of the Bed ⓘ The Joy of More Sextets ⓘ The Structure of Music: A Listener’s Guide ⓘ The Widow’s Lament in Springtime ⓘ Three Compositions for Piano ⓘ Transfigured Notes ⓘ Twelve-Tone Invariants as Compositional Determinants ⓘ Vision and Prayer ⓘ Whirled Series ⓘ Who Cares if You Listen? ⓘ
occupation	composer ⓘ music teacher ⓘ music theorist ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath	Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
residence	Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
studiedUnder	Roger Sessions ⓘ

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Curtis Institute of Music → hasNotableFaculty → Milton Babbitt ⓘ

Arnold Schoenberg → influenced → Milton Babbitt ⓘ

Anton Webern → influenced → Milton Babbitt ⓘ

Milton Babbitt → fullName → Milton Babbitt self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Milton Byron Babbitt

Milton → hasNotableBearer → Milton Babbitt ⓘ