DeathMay 282015

Steven Gerber

Steven Gerber, American pianist and composer (born 1948)

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When
Thursday, May 28 201511 years ago
Category
DeathA notable person who died on this day.
Era
21st century · 2010s
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Steven Gerber

At a glance

Born 1948-09-28; died 2015-05-28.

Known as: composer. Citizenship: United States.

Listed as: human.

Who they were

Biography and career Steven Gerber's works include the contrapuntal Fantasy for Solo Violin , [ 1 ] which has been recorded [ 2 ] on both the CRI and Naxos labels, and Piano Trio , commissioned by the Hans Kindler Foundation. [ 3 ] His composition teachers included Robert Parris, James K. Randall , Earl Kim , and Milton Babbitt . His early works are in a free atonal style. During his years as a graduate student, he wrote serial and non- twelve-tone works,

Steven Roy Gerber was an American composer of classical music. He attended Haverford College, graduating in 1969 at the age of twenty. He then attended Princeton University with a fellowship to study musical composition.

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