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Vincent Persichetti
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Vincent Ludwig Persichetti (June 6, 1915 – August 14, 1987) was an American composer, teacher, and pianist. An important musical educator and writer, Persichetti was a native of Philadelphia. He was known for his integration of various new ideas in musical composition into his own work and teaching, and for training many noted composers in composition at the Juilliard School. His students at the Juilliard School included Philip Glass, Charles L. Bestor, Hall Overton, Karl Korte, Michael Jeffrey Shapiro, Larry Thomas Bell, Richard Danielpour, Kenneth Fuchs, Jing Jing Luo, William Schimmel, Robert Dennis, Peter Schickele, Louis Calabro, Ronald Caltabiano and Thelonious Monk. He also taught composition to conductor James DePreist at the Philadelphia Conservatory. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
top songs
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Symphony No. 6, Op. 69, "Symphony for Band": I. Adagio - Allegro
1,1572Pageant, Op. 59
1,1123O Cool is the Valley, Op. 118
9674Psalm, Op. 53
7615No. 1. Flowers of Stone
6496Divertimento, Op. 42: III. Dance
5477Divertimento, Op. 42: I. Prologue
5298O God Unseen, Op. 160
4819Divertimento, Op. 42: V. Soliloquy
47410I. Adagio - Allegro
433albums
PERSICHETTI: Divertimento / Masquerade / Parable IX
Composer's Collection: Vincent Persichetti
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Cincinnati Wind Symphony: Soundings
Indiana University Of Pennsylvania Wind Ensemble: Ride
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Vincent Persichetti: Works for Band
Persichetti, V.: String Quartets Nos. 1-4
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Persichetti: Piano Music
Vincent Persichetti: Complete Piano Sonatas
Persichetti: Works for Violin & Piano
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North Texas Wind Symphony: Recollections
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American Choral Music
Vincent Persichetti: Choral Works