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Walter Piston 1894–1976

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Paul Rapoport
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Walter Piston, the American composer and teacher, died aged 82 on 12 November 1976. As a young amateur he learned to play nearly all the instruments, but he did not begin academic study of music until he was 25 He graduated from Harvard University with highest honours in 1924, studied for two years in France with Nadia Boulanger, and returned to teach at Harvard for over three decades, retiring in 1960. Among his pupils were Leonard Bernstein and Elliott Carter. His three main text books (Harmony, Counterpoint and Orchestration) have been, widely used for many years.

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Research Article
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Tempo , Issue 120 , March 1977 , pp. 23 - 24
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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References

1 Quoted in Westergaard, Peter, ‘Conversation with Walter Piston’, in Perspectives of New Music, Vol.7 (Fall-Winter 1968), p.13 Google Scholar.