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Colgrass, Michael

LC control no.n 81015284
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LC classificationML410.C743 Biography
Personal name headingColgrass, Michael
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Variant(s)Colgrass, Michael, 1932-2019
LocatedNew York (N.Y.) Toronto (Ont.)
Birth date1932-04-22
Death date2019-07-02
Place of birthBrookfield (Ill.)
Place of deathToronto (Ont.)
Field of activityMusic
Profession or occupationComposers
Found inVariations for viola and drums. [Phonodisc] 1959.
LC/NAF Dec. 2, 2010 678 info. (b. 1932)
Washington post WWW site, viewed July 9, 2019 (Michael Colgrass, a Pulitzer Prize-winning classical composer who often highlighted percussion instruments in his works, died July 2 [2019] in Toronto. He was 87. Michael Charles Colgrass Jr. was born April 22, 1932, in the Chicago suburb of Brookfield, Ill. Mr. Colgrass later moved to New York. In 1974, he and his wife moved to Toronto)