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Mario Davidovsky

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Mario Davidovsky · Arts & Literature

What

Electroacoustic composer (Synchronisms)

When

1934, Argentina — 2019, New York City, USA

Where

Argentina · United States

Biography

Mario Davidovsky is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Electroacoustic composer (Synchronisms)

How & why

Mario Davidovsky was an Argentine-American composer best known for his Synchronisms, a series pairing live instruments with pre-recorded electronic sound; Synchronisms No. 6 won the 1971 Pulitzer Prize for Music. Born in Argentina to a Jewish family and encouraged by Aaron Copland to settle in New York in 1960, he is documented as Jewish, including by the Milken Archive of Jewish Music.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music

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Electroacoustic composer (Synchronisms)

1934

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music