| LC control no. | n 82150570 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lees, Benjamin, 1924-2010 |
| Variant(s) | Lisniansky, Benjamin George, 1924-2010 Lisniatsky, Benjamin, 1924-2010 Lysniansky, Benjamin, 1924-2010 |
| Birth date | 1924-01-08 |
| Death date | 2010-05-31 |
| Place of birth | Harbin (China) |
| Place of death | Glen Cove (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Composition (Music) |
| Profession or occupation | Composers |
| Found in | His String quartet, no. 1, 1952. New Grove dict. of Amer. mus. (Lees, Benjamin; b. 1-8-24, Harbin, China; composer of Russian parentage) Baker, 8th ed. (Lees (real name, Lysniansky), Benjamin; b. 1-8-24, Harbin, Manchuria; American composer of Russian parentage, taken to U.S. in infancy) Cont. composers, 1992 (Lees, Benjamin (Benjamin Lisniatsky); b. 1-8-24, Harbin, Manchuria; American, came to U.S. in infancy) German Wikipedia WWW site, June 2, 2010 (Benjamin Lees; b. Jan. 8, 1924, Harbin; d. May 31, 2010, Glen Cove [N.Y.]; American composer) New York times WWW site, June 4, 2010 (in obituary published June 3: Benjamin Lees; b. Benjamin George Lisniansky, Jan. 8, 1924, Harbin, to Jewish parents who had fled pogroms in their native Ukraine; came to the U.S. in 1925; d. Monday [May 31, 2010], Glen Cove, Long Island, aged 86; iconoclastic American composer who spurned modern musical trends in favor of work that was lyrical, tonal, and widely described as approachable) |
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