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Bassett, Leslie, 1923-2016

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Personal name headingBassett, Leslie, 1923-2016
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Variant(s)Bassett, Leslie Raymond, 1923-
Associated countryUnited States
Associated placeAnn Arbor (Mich.)
LocatedFlowery Branch (Ga.)
Birth date1923-01-22
Death date2016-02-04
Place of birthHanford (Calif.)
Field of activityComposition (Music)
Art music
AffiliationUniversity of Michigan. School of Music
Profession or occupationComposers Arrangers (Musicians) College teachers Composition teachers (Music) College department heads
Found inAuthor's [Symphony, no. 2] Second symphony ... 1957.
Leslie Bassett WWW site, July 7, 2006 (b. Jan. 23, 1923, Hanford, Calif.; musician, composer, and arranger)
BGMI, Mar. 19, 2009 (Bassett, Leslie Raymond (1923-))
Int. ww in classical mus., 30th ed. (Bassett, Leslie Raymond, BA, MMus, AMusD; born January 22, 1923, Hanford, Calif.; American composer)
Gainesville times WWW site, February 10, 2016: obituary published February 8, 2016 (Leslie Bassett, 93, died Thursday [February 4]; lived in Flowery Branch and Oakwood, Hall County; composer and professor of music composition at the University of Michigan for 40 years)
Wikipedia, February 10, 2016 (Leslie Bassett; born January 22, 1923, died February 4, 2016, Flowery Branch, Georgia; American composer and Albert A. Stanley Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Composition, University of Michigan)
Grove music online, February 10, 2016 (Bassett, Leslie; born January 22, 1923, Hanford, CA; American composer. In 1952 he joined the faculty of the University of Michigan, becoming head of the composition department in 1970 and Albert A. Stanley Professor in 1977; he was also a founder-member of the university's electronic studio and directed the Contemporary Directions Performance Project until he retired in 1991)