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Roger Huntington Sessions (28 de diciembre de 1896 – 16 de marzo de 1985) fue un compositor, crítico y profesor de música estadounidense . Trayectoria como compositor y docente. Nacido en Brooklyn, Nueva York, Sessions estudió música desde los catorce años en la Universidad de Harvard.
Roger Huntington Sessions (December 28, 1896 – March 16, 1985) was an American composer, teacher, and writer on music. He had initially started his career writing in a neoclassical style, but gradually moved further towards more complex harmonies and postromanticism, and finally the twelve-tone serialism of the Second Viennese School.
8 de abr. de 2024 · Roger Sessions (born Dec. 28, 1896, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.—died March 16, 1985, Princeton, N.J.) was an American composer of symphonic and instrumental music who played a leading part in educating his contemporaries to an appreciation of modern music.
Roger Sessions (1896-1985) nació en Brooklyn, New York el 28 de diciembre de 1896, hijo de una familia enraizada en New England. Mostró pronto sus cualidades en el mundo de la música, ingresando a los 14 años en la Universidad de Harvard, graduándose a los 18 años.
Roger Sessions. Compositor, crítico y profesor de música estadounidense. De su obra, caracterizada por un neoclasicismo muy personal y elaborado, destaca la parte instrumental.
In what proved to be a fitting capstone to a unique career, Roger Sessions occupies a special place in the annals of the Pulitzer Prizes. As of this year, the composer is the only Special Citation recipient in Music who went on to receive a regular Prize in his lifetime.
22 de ago. de 2002 · Frederik Prausnitz, an acquaintance of Sessions and conductor of his work, combines personal and musical insights to present this fascinating portrait of an influential, yet often overlooked, modernist composer.
