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Barbara Kolb
American composer (1939-2024) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Lived 1938 to 2024 · aged 86
Barbara Kolb was an American composer and educator, the first woman to win the Rome Prize in musical composition. Her music features sound masses of colorful textures, impressionistic sounds and atonal vocabulary, with influences from literary and visual arts.
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2024Died21 October 20241973Arts and Letters Award in MusicAward1971Guggenheim FellowshipAwardRome PrizeAward1938Born10 February 1938
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She taught at the Third Street Music School Settlement, Rhode Island College and Eastman School of Music.
Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1938 to 2024 · aged 86
