Philip Glass
Philip Glass (born 1937) is an American composer, pianist and librettist.
Also recorded as Philip Morris Glass · Phil Glass
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Biography
Recorded at birth as Philip Morris Glass.
Philip Glass studied at Juilliard School, University of Chicago and Fontainebleau Schools. Training under Nadia Boulanger, Vincent Persichetti and William Bergsma is recorded. Antonio Pinto is recorded as having studied under Philip Glass. The recorded working language is English.
Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera, symphony, Dixieland jazz and minimalist.
Works named in the authority record are Symphony No. 7, Monsters of Grace, Symphony No. 4 and La Belle et la Bête.
Work by Philip Glass is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, CODA Museum, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and Whitney Museum of American Art.
Distinctions recorded are Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Praemium Imperiale, BAFTA Award for Best Original Music and Glenn Gould Prize.
Philip Glass in the WNYC studios on December 12, 2007. He talked to Leonard Lopate and you can listen to the interview here . Philip Glass
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Philip Glass, portrait by italian artist Graziano Origa, pen ink, 2008
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