Peter Westergaard
Peter Talbot Westergaard (born May 28, 1931 in Urbana , Illinois or Champaign , Illinois; † June 26, 2019 ) was an American composer and music theorist . He taught at Princeton University .
Career
Westergaard was born in Urbana. He studied at Harvard and Princeton with Roger Sessions , Edward Cone and Milton Babbitt and graduated in 1953 and 1956 with a Master of Fine Arts . He also studied with Walter Piston and - with a Fulbright scholarship - with Darius Milhaud ( Paris ) and Wolfgang Fortner in Freiburg im Breisgau .
Westergaard taught at Columbia University , Amherst College and from 1968 at Princeton University, where he a. a. built an opera studio. As a composer, he mainly wrote operas and chamber music .
Works
Operas
- Mr. and Mrs. Discobbolos (1966)
- The Tempest (1994)
- Moby Dick: Scenes from an Imaginary Opera (2004)
- Alice in Wonderland (2006)
Fonts
- Peter Westergaard An Introduction to Tonal Theory . New York: WW Norton, 1975.
Web links
- Ruth Stevens: Moby Dick: Scenes From an Imaginary Opera. Longtime collaborators set sail for another operational adventure. In: Princeton Weekly Bulletin. October 18, 2004, accessed June 28, 2019 .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Westergaard, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Westergaard, Peter Talbot |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer and music theorist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 28, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Urbana , Illinois or Champaign , Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 26, 2019 |