Yttrehus, Rolv
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Name (Latin)
Yttrehus, Rolv
Date of birth
1926-03-12
Date of death
2018-02-04
Field of activity
Music
Occupation
Composers
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
b. 1926, Duluth, Minn.
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Sources of Information
- Rolv Yttrehus, Professor Emeritus of Music at Rutgers University, 3/12/1926-2/4/2018 ( (Duluth News Tribune obituary, accessed online May 20, 2020 [original date of publication not indicated]) )
- His Music for winds, percussion, and viola, 1969.
- New Grove dict. of Amer. mus.(Yttrehus, Rolv (Berger); b. Mar. 12, 1926, Duluth, MN; composer)
Wikipedia description:
Rolv Berger Yttrehus (born Duluth, Minnesota, March 12, 1926 – February 4, 2018) was an American composer of contemporary classical music. He held degrees from the University of Minnesota and University of Michigan and a Diploma from the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He studied harmony with Nadia Boulanger and composition with Ross Lee Finney, Roger Sessions, Aaron Copland, and Goffredo Petrassi. He taught at the University of Missouri, Purdue University, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, and Rutgers University. He regarded Arnold Schoenberg and Sessions as his principal influences. He died in 2018.
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