Walter Piston

GPTKB entity

Properties (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Composer
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:associatedAct gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:Juilliard_School
gptkb:New_York_Philharmonic
gptkb:Philadelphia_Orchestra
gptkb:Boston_Symphony_Orchestra
gptkbp:awards gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters
Guggenheim Fellowship
gptkbp:birthDate 1894-01-20
gptkbp:children gptkb:Walter_Piston_Jr.
Elizabeth_Piston
gptkbp:deathDate 1976-05-12
gptkbp:genre Classical
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Walter Piston
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:David_Amram
gptkb:Aaron_Copland
gptkb:Leonard_Bernstein
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Gabriel_Fauré
gptkb:Paul_Hindemith
Claude Debussy
gptkbp:instrument Brass
Organ
Piano
Strings
Voice
Woodwinds
gptkbp:knownFor Orchestral music
Teaching composition
Chamber_music
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableWorks String Quartet No. 1
String Quartet No. 2
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Violin Concerto
Concerto for Orchestra
The Cask of Amontillado
The Last Judgement
The Incredible Flutist
gptkbp:occupation Composer
Teacher
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:spouse Margaret_Piston