Hunter Johnson (April 14, 1906 - August 27, 1998) was an American composer. His compositions include a piano sonata and the orchestral music for Martha Graham's ballets "Letter to the World", based on the life and poetry of Emily Dickinson, and "Deaths and Entrances". His musical style was a combination of neoclassic, neoromantic, and nationalist. Johnson was born near Benson, North Carolina. Wikipedia
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