LC control no. | n 88602185 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Eaton, John, 1935-2015 |
Variant(s) | Eaton, Johnny, 1935-2015 |
See also | Corporate body: American Jazz Ensemble Corporate body: Johnny Eaton Quartet Corporate body: Johnny Eaton's Quintet Corporate body: Princetonians (Musical group) |
Birth date | 1935-03-30 |
Death date | 2015-12-02 |
Place of birth | Bryn Mawr (Pa.) |
Place of death | Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) |
Affiliation | University of Chicago Indiana University, Bloomington Indiana University |
Profession or occupation | Composers Music teachers College teachers Pianists |
Special note | Do not confuse with Eaton, John, 1934- |
Found in | His Piano trio for piano, violin, cello, c1987: t.p. (John Eaton) LC data base, 1-12-88 (hdg.: Eaton, John, 1935- ) Ww American music, classical, 1st ed. (Eaton, John C.; composer, educator; b. Bryn Mawr, Pa., Mar. 30, 1935) Far out, near in [SR] 1957?: label (Johnny Eaton and his Princetonians) container (Johnny Eaton, piano) New York times WWW site, viewed Dec. 17, 2015 (in obituary published Dec. 12: John Eaton; b. John Charles Eaton, Mar. 30, 1935, Bryn Mawr, Pa.; d. Dec. 2, Manhattan, aged 80; avant-garde composer of operas both grandiose and chamber-size; early proponent of synthesizer music; a keen swing pianist, he also led a student jazz group, the Princetonians, who recorded two albums for Columbia Records, Johnny Eaton and the Princetonians and Far out, near in; after leaving Princeton, he spent more than a decade in Rome, supported by three Prix de Rome fellowships and concert tours with his quartet, the American Jazz Ensemble) |
Associated language | eng |
Invalid LCCN | n 93008693 |