Roger Sessions - Bio, Age, Wiki, Facts and Family

Born on December 28, 1896 (age 88) in Brooklyn, New York, United States. He is a celebrity composer. His popular books are Roger Sessions on music (1979), The musical experienc... (1950), Simple architectures for compl..., Harmonic practice (1951) and Conversations with Roger Sessions. In His career, Roger Sessions has achieved an Pulitzer Prize for Music. He attended Yale University (1917), Harvard University (1915). He died on March 16, 1985, Princeton, NJ.

Composer of classical symphonies who taught a generation of classical musicians about and appreciation for new compositions. Milton Babbitt and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, the Master of the Queen's Music, were among his noteworthy students.

He was born in Brooklyn, New York, a direct descendant of Samuel Huntington, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

He studied music at Yale and composition with Ernest Bloch, a well-known musician. While traveling over Europe in his twenties and early thirties, he began creating his own works. Upon his return, he put on a series of well-received performances with Aaron Copland.

He composed nine symphonies in total, widely ranging in their style and tone, as well as many sonatas and quartets for the piano.

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As far as we know He has died March 16, 1985 ( age 89)

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He and Walter Piston were contemporaries. Both men became renowned composers and music theorists.