Michael Colgrass

Michael Colgrass was an American composer, musicologist, percussionist and drummer (1932–2019). He was born at Chicago and died at Toronto.

Also recorded as Michael Charles Colgrass.

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Formation and teaching

Michael Colgrass studied at University of Illinois Chicago, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Riverside Brookfield High School and UIUC College of Media.

Identity

What the record establishes about Michael Colgrass.

Michael Colgrass is recorded with the occupation percussionist. Michael Colgrass is recorded as a citizen of United States. Michael Colgrass is classed in the genre classical music. Michael Colgrass is classed in the genre jazz. MusicBrainz establishes this heading under the identifier e2052e19-6a30-48fd-936e-69fa9fea9d3a. Michael Colgrass is recorded as composer, musicologist, percussionist and drummer.

Open Library catalogues 14 works under this name. American-Canadian composer.

Activity and practice

Michael Colgrass is recorded as having studied at University of Illinois Chicago, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Riverside Brookfield High School.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Michael Colgrass may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Michael Colgrass is established in the international name authorities as MusicBrainz e2052e19-6a30-48fd-936e-69fa9fea9d3a, Social Networks and Archival Context w63n24ms, Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) 120941821, Library of Congress n81015284, Libraries Australia 967142, ISNI 0000000083645509, IdRef 244038198, Discogs 400266, VIAF 22984972 and Wikidata Q2604332.

Catalogued works

6 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library.

Letter from Mozart. New people. As quiet as. The earth's a baked apple. Adventures of an American composer. My lessons with Kumi.

Literature

2 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Colgrass, Michael (opera), Oxford Music Online, 2002. Colgrass, Michael, Oxford Music Online, 2001.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 9 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1932Michael Colgrass born at Chicago.
  2. 1932Michael Colgrass was born on 22 April 1932.
  3. 2019Michael Colgrass died at Toronto.
  4. 2019Michael Colgrass died on 2 July 2019.
  5. 2019Michael Colgrass died in 2019 at Toronto.

Connections

Each connection was recorded deliberately, with the basis for it kept on the internal record.

Studied at

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Colgrass, Michael (opera), Oxford Music Online, 2002

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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    Colgrass, Michael, Oxford Music Online, 2001

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    MusicBrainz artist record for Michael Colgrass

    Institutional database · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Open Library author record for Michael Colgrass (Internet Archive), 14 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  5. 5.

    Internet Archive, 1 digitised item catalogued under Michael Colgrass as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  6. 6.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2604332: Michael Colgrass

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  7. 7.

    “Michael Colgrass”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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