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1994 Boris Alexandrov, conductor, Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble, dies at 88

1947 Paul Patterson, born in Britain, composer, professor, Royal Academy of Music, composes for orchestra, ensemble, film, television, education

1946 Barbara Benary, born in America, composer, co-founder, Gamelan Son of Lion, New York City repertory ensemble, composes theater music, chamber music

1944 Stephen Scott, born in Corvallis, Oregon, composer, developed bowed piano, founder, Bowed Piano Ensemble, 1977

1943 Garrett List, born in Phoenix, Arizona, composer, vocalist, trombonist, formed Julliard Ensemble, composed classical, jazz, pop, free jazz music

1942 Petr Kotik, born in Prague, Czech Republic, composer, flutist, minimalist style, founder, S.E.M. ensemble, wrote opera, 'Many Many Women'

1938 David Borden, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, minimalist music, jazz pianist, founded Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company, the world's first synthesizer ensemble, wrote vocal, chamber ensemble, music, style similar to Phillip Glass, Terry Riley

1937 Paul Mefano, born in France, composer, conductor, founded Ensemble 2e2m, premiered over 500 works by young composers, including James Dillon and Franco Donatoni, directed the Conservatory of Versailles 1996 - 2005

1931 Ivo Petric, composer, classical music, toured with Slavko Osterc ensemble, Artistic Director, Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra 1979 - 1995

1921 Alfred Reed, born in New York, New York, composer, wrote over 200 works for orchestra, chorus, concert band, chamber ensemble, wind ensemble, guest conductor, performing in Europe, Asia, Latin America, North America

1905 Boris Alexandrov, conductor, Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble


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