Carlisle Floyd
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American composer (1926–2021)
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Vinony files it under 1926 births, 2021 deaths and 20th-century American classical composers.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 24
Top works
- Prince of Players
- Pilgrimage. Solo cantata on biblical texts for low voice and piano (or orchestra),etc. < Piano-vocal score. >
- Of Mice and Men
- Susannah
- Susannah
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- England
- Active from
- 1965
- Active to
- 2014
Discography
- The Piper at the Gates of Dawn1967
- A Saucerful of Secrets1968
- Ummagumma1969
- Atom Heart Mother1970
- Meddle1971
- The Dark Side of the Moon1973
- Wish You Were Here1975
- Animals1977
- The Wall1979
- The Final Cut1983
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 687
- Total plays
- 5,705
Tags
Carlisle Floyd (June 11, 1926 – September 30, 2021) was an American opera composer. The son of a Methodist minister, he based many of his works on themes from the South. His best known opera, Susannah (1955), is based on a story from the Apocrypha, transferred to contemporary, rural Tennessee, and is set in a Southern dialect. In 1943, Floyd entered Converse College, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and studied piano under Ernst Bacon. When Bacon accepted a position at Syracuse University <a hre
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Latta
- Place of death
- Tallahassee
- Occupation
- composer
- Employer
- Florida State University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Ernst Bacon
- Genre
- opera
- Image
- Carlisle Floyd 2004.jpg
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- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- name in native language
- Carlisle Floyd
- date of birth
- 1926-06-11
- Commons category
- Carlisle Floyd
- date of death
- 2021-09-30
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