Lukas Foss

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Lukas Foss was a German-American composer, conductor, and pianist known for his innovative, eclectic works and leadership of major American orchestras and music institutions.

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instanceOf composer
conductor
human
music educator
activeYearsEnd 2000s
activeYearsStart 1940
awardReceived American Academy of Arts and Letters award
Guggenheim Fellowship
birthName Lukas Fuchs
citizenship Germany
United States of America
countryOfBirth Germany
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1922-08-15
dateOfDeath 2009-02-01
educatedAt Curtis Institute of Music
Tanglewood Music Center
Yale University
ethnicOrigin Jewish
familyName Fuchs
genre classical music
contemporary classical music
givenName Lukas
hasChild Christopher Foss
linked to: Chris Foss

Elisabeth Foss
immigratedTo United States of America
immigrationYear 1937
knownFor innovative compositional techniques
leadership of major American orchestras
language English
German
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Letters
movement aleatoric music
avant-garde music
neoclassicism
serialism
name Lukas Foss
notableStudent John Harbison
notableWork Baroque Variations
Echoi
Psalms
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3
The Prairie
Time Cycle
occupation composer
conductor
pianist
university teacher
placeOfBirth Berlin
placeOfDeath New York City
positionHeld conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood
music director of the Brooklyn Philharmonic
music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
music director of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
professor at Boston University
professor at University of California, Los Angeles
spouse Cornelia Foss
studiedUnder Fritz Reiner
Hindemith
linked to: Paul Hindemith

Randall Thompson
Serge Koussevitzky
style eclectic

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Fritz Reiner notableStudent Lukas Foss
Lukas Foss name Lukas Foss