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Eaton, John, 1935-2015

LC control no.n 88602185
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Personal name headingEaton, John, 1935-2015
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Variant(s)Eaton, Johnny, 1935-2015
See alsoCorporate body: American Jazz Ensemble
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Corporate body: Johnny Eaton Quartet
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Corporate body: Johnny Eaton's Quintet
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Corporate body: Princetonians (Musical group)
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Birth date1935-03-30
Death date2015-12-02
Place of birthBryn Mawr (Pa.)
Place of deathManhattan (New York, N.Y.)
AffiliationUniversity of Chicago
Indiana University, Bloomington
Indiana University
Profession or occupationComposers Music teachers College teachers Pianists
Special noteDo not confuse with Eaton, John, 1934-
Found inHis Piano trio for piano, violin, cello, c1987: t.p. (John Eaton)
LC data base, 1-12-88 (hdg.: Eaton, John, 1935- )
Ww American music, classical, 1st ed. (Eaton, John C.; composer, educator; b. Bryn Mawr, Pa., Mar. 30, 1935)
Far out, near in [SR] 1957?: label (Johnny Eaton and his Princetonians) container (Johnny Eaton, piano)
New York times WWW site, viewed Dec. 17, 2015 (in obituary published Dec. 12: John Eaton; b. John Charles Eaton, Mar. 30, 1935, Bryn Mawr, Pa.; d. Dec. 2, Manhattan, aged 80; avant-garde composer of operas both grandiose and chamber-size; early proponent of synthesizer music; a keen swing pianist, he also led a student jazz group, the Princetonians, who recorded two albums for Columbia Records, Johnny Eaton and the Princetonians and Far out, near in; after leaving Princeton, he spent more than a decade in Rome, supported by three Prix de Rome fellowships and concert tours with his quartet, the American Jazz Ensemble)
Associated languageeng
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