| LC control no. | n 81146961 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Powell, Mel |
| Variant(s) | Powell, M. (Mel) Epstein, Melvin, 1923-1998 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1923-02-12 |
| Death date | 1998-04-24 |
| Place of birth | New York (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Piano--Performance Composition (Music) |
| Affiliation | Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Yale University California Institute of the Arts |
| Profession or occupation | Pianists Composers Teachers |
| Found in | His Divertimento, 1957. His Letter to a young composer, c1987: cover (M. Powell) Baker, 8th ed. (Powell, Mel (real name Melvin Epstein); b. 2-12-33, N.Y.; composer) New Grove dict. of Amer. mus. (Powell, Mel; b. 2-12-23, New York; composer, teacher) Ww in Amer. mus., Classical, 2nd ed. (Powell, Mel; b. 2-12-23, New York; studied piano with Sara Barg & Nadia Reisenberg, 1928-40) New York times, Apr. 27, 1998: p. B7 (Mel Powell, composer, 75, d. Apr. 24, 1998, Sherman Oaks, Calif.; b. Feb. 12, 1923, New York City) Wikipedia, October 16, 2019 (Mel Powell (born Melvin Epstein) (February 12, 1923-April 24, 1998) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer, and the founding dean of the music department at the California Institute of the Arts; He served as a music educator for over 40 years, first at Mannes College of Music and Queens College, then Yale University, and finally at CalArts. During his early career he worked as a jazz pianist) |
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