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Milton Babbitt

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American composer (1916-2011)

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Milton Byron Babbitt was an American composer, music theorist, mathematician, and teacher. He was a Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur Fellowship recipient, recognized for his serial and electronic music. Babbitt's compositional approach was deeply inspired by Arnold Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique.

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1986James Madison Medal
1982Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards
1960Guggenheim Fellowship
1959Arts and Letters Award in Music
MacArthur Fellows Program
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Joseph H. Bearns Prize
Honorary Member of the International Society for Contemporary Music

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Milton Byron Babbitt was an American composer, music theorist, mathematician, and teacher. He was a Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur Fellowship recipient, recognized for his serial and electronic music. Babbitt's compositional approach was deeply inspired by Arnold Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique. He built a compositional system based on permutations of the total chromatic.

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United States
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Musicians
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Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
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Lived 1916 to 2011 · aged 94
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27 languages

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