Edward Said

Edward Said

male, deceased (2003)
postcolonial literature, Postcolonialism, postcolonial theory, Princeton University alumni, Academic, Arab American…ColumbiaUniversity, Columbia University faculty, musician, The University, Columbia Community
Edward Wadie Saïd was a Palestinian-American literary theorist and outspoken Palestinian activist. He was University Professor of English and C...
Philip Glass

Philip Glass

male, 72 years old
Minimalist music, composer, film score composer, Opera composer, American, Songwriter…musician, Classical musician, University of Chicago, University of Chicago alumni, ColumbiaUniversity
Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an Academy Award-nominated American composer. His music is frequently described as "minimalist", though he...
Isaac Stern

Isaac Stern

male, deceased (2001)
Beethoven, fiddler on the roof, dubbed, vivaldi, mendelssohn, dubbing…Classical musician, musician, University of Illinois, Johns Hopkins University, Hebrew University (Jerusalem), Harvard University
Isaac Stern was one of the finest violin virtuosi of the twentieth century. Born in Kremenetz, Ukraine on July 21, 1920, Isaac Stern was ten months...
Glenn Miller

Glenn Miller

male, deceased (1944)
Big band bandleader, Swing trombonist, Tuxedo Junction, In The Mood, String of Pearls, American…jazz musician, University of Colorado alumni, ColumbiaUniversity
Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 - presumably December 15, 1944), was an American jazz musician and bandleader in the swing era. He was one of the...
Charles Wuorinen

Charles Wuorinen

male, 71 years old
Trinity School, The Group for Contemporary Music, New York Times, American, gay, fractal geometry…LGBT musician, Columbia University alumni, musician, ColumbiaUniversity, Rutgers University
Charles Wuorinen is an American composer. Co-founder of The Group for Contemporary Music, Wuorinen writes serial instrumental music. Some of his...
Lorenz Hart

Lorenz Hart

male, deceased (1943)
Jewish person, death by pneumonia, LGBT, The Talented Mr Ripley, Songwriter, A Lonely Romeo…Columbia University alumni, musician, LGBT musician, ColumbiaUniversity
Lorenz "Larry" Hart (May 2, 1895 - November 22, 1943) was the lyricist half of the famed Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart. His most...
Mario Davidovsky

Mario Davidovsky

male, 75 years old
from Buenos Aires Province, Jewish person, Classical musician, American, Electronic music, Argentines…University of Michigan, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, ColumbiaUniversity, City University, Harvard University
Mario Davidovsky (born March 4, 1934) is an Argentine-American composer. Born in Argentina, he emigrated in 1960 to the US where he lives today. He...
Fletcher Henderson

Fletcher Henderson

male, deceased (1952)
Big band bandleader, Swing bandleader, Swing pianist, American jazz bandleader, arranger, Vaudeville performer…jazz musician, Clark Atlanta University alumni, musician, Atlanta University, ColumbiaUniversity
Fletcher Hamilton Henderson, Jr. (December 18, 1897 - December 28, 1952) was an African American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer,...
Emanuel Ax

Emanuel Ax

male, 60 years old
Yoko Nozaki, chopin, Jewish person, Juilliard School of Music alumni, Galician, Christopher Rouse…Classical musician, Columbia University alumni, musician, ColumbiaUniversity
Emanuel Ax (born June 8, 1949) is a Jewish-American pianist. Born in Lviv, Ukraine (then a constituent republic of the Soviet Union) to parents...
Telly Savalas

Telly Savalas

male, deceased (1994) (Alabama, United States)
kojak, Emmy Award winner, Best Drama Actor Golden Globe, Greek-American, American military personnel of World War II, buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Telly Savalas (January 21, 1922 - January 22, 1994) was a prominent Emmy Award-winning American film and television actor whose career spanned four...
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