Roger Sessions
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Roger Sessions was an influential 20th-century American composer and teacher known for his complex, intellectually rigorous modernist works and significant impact on contemporary classical music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Roger Sessions canonical | 4 |
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American composer
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composer ⓘ human ⓘ music educator ⓘ music theorist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
National Medal of Arts
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Pulitzer Prize for Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Roger Huntington Sessions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1896-12-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1985-03-16 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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Yale University ⓘ |
| employer |
Juilliard School
NERFINISHED
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Mannes School of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ Princeton University ⓘ University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| genre |
chamber music
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choral music ⓘ contemporary classical music ⓘ opera ⓘ orchestral music ⓘ piano music ⓘ |
| influenced |
David Diamond
NERFINISHED
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Milton Babbitt NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Maxwell Davies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Arnold Schoenberg
NERFINISHED
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Gustav Mahler NERFINISHED ⓘ Johannes Brahms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Academy of Arts and Letters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | modernism ⓘ |
| name | Roger Sessions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
David Diamond
NERFINISHED
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Milton Babbitt NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Maxwell Davies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Montezuma
NERFINISHED
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Symphony No. 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ The Black Maskers NERFINISHED ⓘ When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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music theorist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Brooklyn, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Princeton, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
atonal music
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serialism ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.