John Watts papers 1947-1982

Composers & Choreographers Theatre.

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Foreman, Laura, 1936-2001

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Laura Foreman was born ca. 1937. She attended the University of Wisconsin in the late 1950s and moved to New York City in the mid-1960s. Foreman taught at the New School in New York City, beginning her career ca. 1969 and retiring from active teaching in 1990. While at the New School she created the Laura Foreman Dance Theatre and The Composers & Choreographers Theater. Both residencies provided exposure for new and avant-garde choreographers and dancers. Her company...

Effinger, Cecil, 1914-1990

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Commissioned by St. Louis Little Symphony, 1945. Composed 1945. First performance St. Louis, Missouri, 29 June 1959, St. Louis Little Symphony, Stanley Chapple conductor. Received the Walter W. Naumberg Award, 1959.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Little symphony no. 1, op. 31 / Robert L. Sanders. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51689611 Composer, violinist, oboist, educator and inventor of the Musicwriter (typewriter for musi...

Watts, John, 1930-1982

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John Watts was born July 16th, 1930. He received his BA from the University of Tennessee, his Masters in Musicology from the University of Colorado and completed doctoral studies at the University of Illinois and Cornell University. Some of his teachers included Cecil Effinger, Roy Harris, John Krueger, Robert Palmer, Burrill Phillips and David Van Vactor. In 1950 Watts entered military service and served for two years as a clarinetist, dance band pianist and arranger in the 75th and 179th Army ...

American Music Collection

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