DescriptionAmerican composer, composition teacher, writer, and conductor
BornNovember 14, 1900
DiedDecember 2, 1990
CountryUnited States Of America
ProfessionConductor; Pianist; Composer; Choreographer; Musicologist; Music Educator; Jazz Musician
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Rome Prize; Academy Award For Best Original Score; National Medal Of Arts; Handel Medallion; Presidential Medal Of Freedom; Grammy Trustees Award; Charles E. Lutton Man Of Music Award
