Don Gillis

Person · Open Library

Born

1912

Died

1978

Works

6

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Canada

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

2,005

Total plays

26,894

Donald Eugene Gillis (June 17, 1912–January 10, 1978) was a US composer, conductor and teacher. The composition which has gained him most recognition is his orchestral Symphony No. 5½, A Symphony for Fun. Don Gillis was born in Cameron, Missouri. His family moved to Fort Worth, Texas, and he studied at Texas Christian University, playing trombone and acting as assistant director of the university band. He graduated in 1935, and obtained a masters degree from North Texas State University in 1943

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

   · 2018 · cited 10,997x

2. Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

   · 2012 · cited 10,802x

3. A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

   · 2012 · cited 9,264x

4. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary

   · 2000 · cited 8,922x

5. Preliminary reference Earth model

   · 1981 · cited 8,454x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Cameron

Place of death

Columbia

Occupation

musicologist

Employer

University of South Carolina

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

Genre

opera

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