Modern Music and After: Directions Since 1945
by Paul Griffiths
Period: Late 20th Century
Born: Monday, October 17, 1949 in Front Royal, Virginia (USA)
As of November 2003 this composer is still living.
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Nation of Origin: United States
Major Works:
Opera: The Trojan Conflict (1989)
Other Information:
Maurice Wright studied at Duke and Columbia Universities. After teaching at Columbia University and then at Boston University, Dr. Wright joined the faculty at Temple University in Philadelphia in 1980. Dr. Wright is now chair of the composition department at Temple University's Esther Boyer College of Music.
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN: 0198691629
Lampert, Vera; Kemp, Ian; and White, Eric Walter, The New Grove Modern Masters (The New Grove Series), W. W. Norton & Company, November 1997, ISBN: 0393315924
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
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