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Howard Hanson

Howard Hanson
Howard Hanson, 1959
Born
Howard Harold Hanson

(1896-10-28)October 28, 1896
DiedFebruary 26, 1981(1981-02-26) (aged 84)
Alma materNorthwestern University
Occupation(s)Composer, conductor, educator, music theorist
Years active1916–1981
SpouseMargaret Elizabeth Nelson
AwardsPulitzer Prize
George Foster Peabody Award

Howard Harold Hanson (October 28, 1896 – February 26, 1981)[1] was an American composer, conductor, educator and music theorist. As director for forty years of the Eastman School of Music, he raised its quality and provided opportunities for commissioning and performing American classical music. In 1944, he won a Pulitzer Prize for his Symphony No. 4, and received numerous other awards including the George Foster Peabody Award for Outstanding Entertainment in Music in 1946.[2][3]

  1. ^ The New York Times – Obituaries. Harold C. Schonberg. February 28, 1981 p. 10119 Howard Hanson is Dead; Composer and Teacher
  2. ^ Swedes In America (Adolph B. Benson; Naboth Hedin. New York: Haskel House Publishers. 1969)
  3. ^ Cohen, Allen Laurence (2004). Howard Hanson in Theory and Practice. Westport, CT.: Praeger. p. 17. ISBN 0-313-32135-3.

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