| LC control no. | no 89007247 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Roger, Kurt George, 1895-1966 |
| Associated country | Austria United States |
| Located | Vienna (Austria) New York (N.Y.) Washington (D.C.) |
| Birth date | 1895-05-03 |
| Death date | 1966-08-04 |
| Place of birth | Oświęcim (Poland) |
| Place of death | Vienna (Austria) |
| Profession or occupation | Composers Music teachers College teachers |
| Found in | His Suite für Blechbläser-Chor und Pauken, c1960: t.p. (Kurt George Roger) Altmann, W. Kurzgefasstes Tonkünstler-Lexikon, 15. Aufl.: 2. T. (Roger, Kurt; b. 5-3-1895, Auschwitz, d. 8-4-66, Wien) Kurt Roger WWW site, June 14, 2018: Biography (Kurt Roger; born in Austria, May 3, 1895, to Viennese parents; studied at the Vienna University, earning his Doctorate in 1918; taught at the Vienna Conservatory, 1923-1938, also during which time his compositions were performed; fleeing the Nazi regime, emigrated to New York in 1939, continuing to teach and compose; became an American citizen in 1945; moved to Washington, D.C. in 1953; died August 4, 1966 while visiting Vienna; In 1990 the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna established a Kurt Roger archive and has also organized several performances of his music at the Musikverein) <https://www.kurtroger.net/biography> |
| Not found in | Grove music online, June 14, 2018. |
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