Bernard Rands
British-born American composer · United Kingdom · On the map · Musicians · Lived 1934 to 2026 · aged 92
Bernard Rands was a British and American contemporary classical composer and professor. He composed orchestral works and chamber music, often with a vocal element, and a series of Memos for solo instruments. His Canti del Sole for tenor and orchestra received the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1984.
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He taught at Harvard University from 1988 to 2005.
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