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George Walker
Sign in to saveAlso known as George Theophilus Walker, George T. Walker
American classical composer (1922–2018)
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Vinony catalogs George Walker in its Pulitzer Prize collection (1,659 entries).
Vinony's link graph records 218 inbound references to George Walker, and connects out to Quincy Porter, Washington, D.C. and International Standard Book Number.
Vinony files it under 1922 births, 2018 deaths and 20th-century African-American musicians.
Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Theophilus
- Family name
- Walker
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Washington, D.C.
- Place of death
- Montclair
- Occupation
- pianist
- Educated at
- Oberlin College
- Employer
- Rutgers University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Nadia Boulanger
- Official website
- georgetwalker.com
- Image
- George Theophilus Walker.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1922-06-27
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- date of death
- 2018-08-23
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- cause of death
- kidney disease
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Quincy Porter
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Kendrick Lamar
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pianist
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Aaron Copland
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Ornette Coleman
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Samuel Barber
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Charles Ives
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Wynton Marsalis
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Steve Reich
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Montclair
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University of Rochester
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Categories
1922 births2018 deaths20th-century African-American musicians20th-century American classical composers20th-century American male composers21st-century African-American peopleAfrican-American male classical composersAlbany Records artistsAmerican male classical composersCurtis Institute of Music alumniEastman School of Music alumniMembers of the American Academy of Arts and LettersMusicians from Washington, D.C.Oberlin College alumniPulitzer Prize for Music winnersPupils of Rosario Scalero