Leon Kirchner
Leon Kirchner · Arts & Literature
Classical composer
1919, Brooklyn, New York, USA — 2009, New York City, New York, USA
United States
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Leon Kirchner was an American composer, pianist and conductor who won the 1967 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Third String Quartet. A student of Schoenberg and Ernest Bloch, he taught for many years at Harvard, influencing generations of musicians. He was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn and raised in Los Angeles.
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Classical composer
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
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