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Perle, George, 1915-2009

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Personal name headingPerle, George, 1915-2009
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1915-05-06
Death date2009-01-23
Place of birthBayonne (N.J.)
Place of deathNew York (N.Y.)
Field of activityArt music
Composition (Music)
Profession or occupationComposers Authors Music theorists Music teachers
Found inHis Evolution of the tone-row, c1940.
Grove music online, July 8, 2005 (Perle, George; b. May 6, 1915, Bayonne, NJ; American composer and theorist)
New York times WWW site, Jan. 26, 2009 (in obituary published Jan. 24: George Perle; b. May 6, 1915, Bayonne, N.J.; d. Friday [Jan. 23, 2009], Manhattan, aged 93; composer, author, theorist, and teacher who won the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1986 and was widely considered the poetic voice of atonal composition)