Dominick Argento

American composer (1927-2019) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 91

Dominick Argento was an American composer best known for his operatic and choral music. His compositions include the operas Postcard from Morocco, Miss Havisham's Fire, The Masque of Angels, and The Aspern Papers. His song cycle From the Diary of Virginia Woolf won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1975.

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2019Died20 February 20191976Arts and Letters Award in MusicAward1975Pulitzer Prize for MusicAward1964Guggenheim FellowshipAward1957Guggenheim FellowshipAward1927Born27 October 1927

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Argento at the rehearsal of his opera The Boor in 2017

Awards

Arts and Letters Award in Music1976

Pulitzer Prize for Music1975

Guggenheim Fellowship1964

Guggenheim Fellowship1957

About this person

Argento spent most of his time in Minnesota, where he taught at the University of Minnesota. Critics have described his style as blending tonal and atonal elements, sometimes incorporating twelve-tone technique.

Country

United States