Vincent Persichetti | |
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| Born | Vincent Ludwig Persichetti June 6, 1915 Philadelphia, PA, USA |
| Died | August 14, 1987 (aged 72) Philadelphia, PA, USA |
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| Works | List of compositions |
Vincent Ludwig Persichetti (June 6, 1915 – August 14, 1987) was an American composer, teacher, and pianist. An important musical educator and writer, he was known for his integration of various new ideas in musical composition into his own work and teaching, as well as for training many noted composers in composition at the Juilliard School.
His students at Juilliard included Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Larry Thomas Bell, Bruce Adolphe, Louis Calabro, Moshe Cotel, Michael Jeffrey Shapiro, Laurie Spiegel, Kenneth Fuchs, Richard Danielpour, Lawrence Dillon, Peter Schickele, Lowell Liebermann, Robert Witt, Elena Ruehr, William Schimmel, Leonardo Balada, Gitta Steiner, Hank Beebe, Roland Wiggins, Thomas Pasatieri,[1] Randell Croley and Leo Brouwer. He also taught composition to Joseph Willcox Jenkins and conductor James DePreist at the Philadelphia Conservatory.
- ^ Villamil, Victoria Etnier (2004-10-05). A Singer's Guide to the American Art Song: 1870-1980. Scarecrow Press. p. 289. ISBN 978-1-4616-5599-2.
In 1961, on a scholarship from the Juilliard School, Pasatieri began formal studies under Vincent Persichetti and Vittorio Giannini.