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Becker, John (1886–1961)| US composer. After studying at the Cincinnati Conservatory, he taught at Notre Dame 1917–27. From 1930 he was associated with Carl Ruggles, Wallingford Riegger, Henry Cowell, and other avant-garde US composers. His series of Soundscapes create novel effects of instrumentation, while his theatre pieces anticipate later mixed-media works. |
Works Stage pieces A Marriage with Space (1935), Nostalgic Songs of Earth (1938), Rain Down Death (1939), When the Willow Nods (1940), Faust: a Television Opera (1951). |
Orchestral seven symphonies (1912–54); two piano concertos and concertos for viola (1937) and violin (1948); Moments from the Passion (1945). |
Other film music and songs. |
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