Period: Early 20th Century
Born: Wednesday, October 28, 1896 in Wahoo, Nebraska (USA)
Died: Thursday, February 26, 1981 in Rochester, New York (USA)
Nation of Origin: United States
Major Works:
opera: Merry Mount (1934)
Symphony No. 4, Op. 34
Hanson's work was influenced by the work of Sibelius and Grieg.
Other Information:
In 1944 Hanson won the Pulitzer Prize for Symphony No. 4.
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN: 0198691629
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
Slonimsky, Nicolas, Music Since 1900, Schirmer Books, July 1994, ISBN: 0028724186
Links to essays at other sites:
![]() Twentieth Century Music: An Introduction by Eric Salzman |
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Information at the Opera America site
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