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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1841
- Died
- 1917
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Sabbath schools of the Presbyterian church in the United States of America
- A pastor's memorial
- The Sabbath-school and the church session
- The Bible-teacher's guide; or, Methods of work in the Sabbath- school
- The young pastor's position and work in the Sabbath school
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1937
- Active to
- 2009
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 169
- Total plays
- 440
Tags
classical contemporaryAvant-GardeAmerican classical pianist
James Avery (1937 – March 8, 2009) was an American classical pianist and conductor. He was born in Hutchinson, Kansas and studied at the University of Kansas, and then at Indiana University (Bloomington) under Tibor Kozma. From 1967 to 1980 he taught at [University of Iowa (Iowa City)], and from 1980 until 2002 at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg in Germany. From 1992 he headed Ensemble SurPlus, playing mostly new music. Avery recorded works by Stefan Wolpe, Charles Wuorinen, Brian Ferneyhough,
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Hutchinson
- Place of death
- Freiburg im Breisgau
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- Hochschule für Musik Freiburg
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- musical keyboard
- Work location
- Freiburg im Breisgau
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- date of death
- 2009-03-08
- date of birth
- 1937-09-23
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