Walter Piston

GPTKB entity

Statements (64)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Composer
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:associated_acts gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:Juilliard_School
gptkb:New_York_Philharmonic
gptkb:Boston_Symphony_Orchestra
gptkbp:awards gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters
gptkb:Pulitzer_Prize_for_Music
gptkb:Guggenheim_Fellowship
gptkbp:birth_date 1894-01-20
January 20, 1894
gptkbp:children gptkb:Walter_Piston_Jr.
gptkbp:death_date January 12, 1976
1976-05-12
gptkbp:field gptkb:composition
gptkb:Education
gptkb:music
Music history
Musicology
Conducting
Music theory
Music criticism
Arranging
gptkbp:genre Classical
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Walter Piston
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Toru_Takemitsu
gptkb:David_Amram
gptkb:Aaron_Copland
gptkb:John_Adams
gptkb:Philip_Glass
gptkb:Bernstein
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Claude_Debussy
gptkb:Gabriel_Fauré
gptkb:Paul_Hindemith
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:chamber_music
Orchestral music
neoclassical style
Teaching composition
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_works gptkb:Symphony_No._1
gptkb:Symphony_No._2
gptkb:String_Quartet_No._1
gptkb:String_Quartet_No._2
gptkb:Concerto_for_Orchestra
The Incredible Flutist
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Composer
gptkb:educators
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:spouse Margaret Piston
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Symphony_No._6
gptkb:Symphony_No._9
gptkb:Symphony_No._1
gptkb:Symphony_No._10
gptkb:Symphony_No._2
gptkb:Symphony_No._3
gptkb:Symphony_No._4
gptkb:Symphony_No._5
gptkb:Symphony_No._7
gptkb:Symphony_No._8
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arnold_Schoenberg
gptkb:Symphony_No._5
gptkb:Serge_Koussevitzky
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4