Quincy Porter

Quincy Porter (1897–1966) was an American composer and teacher of classical music.

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1897 - 1966 - American - Composer - Classical music

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He was born in New Haven, Connecticut on February 71897. He went to Yale University where his teachers included Horatio Parker. He later studied with Ernest Bloch and Vincent d'Indy. He taught at Vassar during the 1930s, became dean (1938-42) and then director (1942-46) of the New England Conservatory of Music, and in 1946 returned to Yale, as professor, to teach until 1965. He died in Bethany, Connecticut on November 121966.

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New Haven, Connecticut - February 7 - 1897 - Yale University - Horatio Parker - Ernest Bloch - Vincent d'Indy - Vassar - Bethany, Connecticut - November 12 - 1966

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He wrote a substantial amount in the "absolute (established) forms", including nine string quartets (1923–1953), several concertos (including one for harpsichord, one for viola, and one for two pianos, the latter work receiving the 1954 Pulitzer Prize for Music), and two symphonies. His later music while tonal is harmonically and rhythmically acerbic and dissonant.

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String quartet - Harpsichord - Viola - Pulitzer Prize for Music - Symphonies - Tonal - Harmonically - Rhythm - Dissonant

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