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Born December 10, 1913 • New York
Died February 21, 1996 (aged 82) • Orlando • Florida
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize • Kennedy Center Honors (1994) • Grammy Award (1966)
Notable Works “American Ballads”
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
American composer and conductor
Schuller, Gunther
Gunther Schuller
American composer
André Previn.
André Previn
American composer and musician
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland
American composer
Coleman, Ornette
Ornette Coleman
American musician
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Marvin Hamlisch.
Marvin Hamlisch
American composer, pianist, and conductor
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
American musician
Count Basie
Count Basie
American musician
John Adams
John Adams
American composer and conductor
John Coltrane
John Coltrane
American musician
Dizzy Gillespie, 1955.
Dizzy Gillespie
American musician
Elliott Carter
American composer
Steve Reich
American composer
The Genius
Ray Charles
American musician
Samuel Barber
American composer
Benny Carter
Benny Carter
American musician
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
American musician
Georg Solti
Georg Solti
British conductor
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
American musician