Dai-Keong Lee
Dai-Keong Lee (born September 2, 1915 in Honolulu , Territory of Hawaii , † December 1, 2005 ) was a Hawaiian composer.
Life
Dai-Keong Lee studied with Roger Sessions at Princeton University , with Frederick Jacobi at the Juilliard School of Music , with Otto Luening at Columbia University and with Aaron Copland and has lived as a freelance composer in New York City .
He composed six operas , the music for the Broadway comedy Teahouse of the August Moon , a ballet , a ballet suite, two symphonies , a Polynesian suite, a dance piece and a concerto grosso for strings, a violin concerto , a string quartet , orchestral songs, choral works and piano pieces .
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| SURNAME | Lee, Dai-Keong |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hawaiian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 2, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Honolulu |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 1, 2005 |