Leslie Bassett
Leslie Bassett (1923–2016) was an American composer and university teacher.
Also recorded as Leslie Raymond Bassett
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Biography
Born at Hanford in 1923, died in Flowery Branch in 2016.
Leslie Bassett studied at University of Michigan and California State University, Fresno. Training under Nadia Boulanger is recorded. The recorded working language is English.
Subjects and genres recorded for the work are jazz.
Employment is recorded with University of Michigan.
Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship, Rome Prize, Pulitzer Prize for Music and Arts and Letters Award in Music.
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Flowery Branch
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 21 August 2026.
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