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Also Known As Ulysses Simpson Kay
Born January 7, 1917 • Tucson • Arizona
Died May 20, 1995 (aged 78) • Englewood • New Jersey
Movement / Style Neoclassical art
Sergey Prokofiev
Sergey Prokofiev
Russian composer
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland
American composer
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Ernest Bloch.
Ernest Bloch
American composer
Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók
Hungarian composer
John Adams
John Adams
American composer and conductor
Marvin Hamlisch.
Marvin Hamlisch
American composer, pianist, and conductor
Elliott Carter
American composer
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
American composer and conductor
Schuller, Gunther
Gunther Schuller
American composer
Zhou Long
Chinese American composer
André Previn.
André Previn
American composer and musician
Foss, 1969
Lukas Foss
American composer
Carlos Surinach
American composer
Toch
Ernst Toch
Austrian composer
Charles Martin Loeffler
American composer
Walter Piston
American composer
Harry Lawrence Freeman
American composer and conductor
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye
American singer and composer
Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones
American songwriter and record producer

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