Person in history
Steven Gerber
Steven Gerber, American pianist and composer (born 1948)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2015 · May 28
- Known as
- composer. Citizenship: United States
Their story
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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Steven Gerber appears on our May 28 calendar for 2015 as a death entry.
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May 28 2015.
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