Chou Wen-chung | |||||||
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周文中 | |||||||
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| Born | 28 July 1923 | ||||||
| Died | 25 October 2019 (aged 96) New York, New York, U.S. | ||||||
| Citizenship | United States (from 1958) | ||||||
| Spouse |
Chang Yi-an (m. 1962–2016) | ||||||
| Academic background | |||||||
| Education | National Chunking University (BS) New England Conservatory of Music (BA) Columbia University (MA) | ||||||
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| Institutions | Columbia University Center for US-China Arts Exchange Hunter College | ||||||
| Notable students | Zhou Long Chen Yi Tan Dun Chinary Ung David Froom Ge Gan-ru Bright Sheng James Tenney Jing Jing Luo Michael Rosenzweig Faye-Ellen Silverman Jacques-Louis Monod | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 周文中 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 周文中 | ||||||
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Chou Wen-chung (Chinese: 周文中; pinyin: Zhōu Wénzhōng; July 28, 1923 – October 25, 2019)[1] was a Chinese American composer of contemporary classical music. He emigrated in 1946 to the United States and received his music training at the New England Conservatory and Columbia University. Chou is credited by Nicolas Slonimsky as one of the first Chinese composers who attempted to translate authentic East Asian melo-rhythms into the terms of modern Western music.[2]
- ^ da Fonseca-Wollheim, Corinna (October 29, 2019). "Chou Wen-chung, Composer and Calligrapher in Sound, Dies at 96". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2019-10-30. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- ^ Peter Chang, Chou Wen-Chung: the Life and Work of a Contemporary Chinese-born American Composer (Oxford, UK: The Scarecrow Press, 2006), 34.