Berger, Arthur (1912–2003)

US composer. He studied with Walter Piston at Harvard University, with Pirro, Pierre Lalo, and Paul Valéry at the Sorbonne in Paris, and composition with Nadia Boulanger; later influences included Milton Babbitt and Anton Webern. He became music editor of the New York Sun.

Works Chamber Slow Dance for strings; serenade for chamber orchestra (1944); three pieces for string quartet; wind quartet; two movements for violin and cello.

Other ballet Entertainment Piece and other works for piano; Words for Music Perhaps (Yeats) and other songs.