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Charles Whittenberg (July 6, 1927, St. Louis, Missouri - d. August 22, 1984, Hartford, Connecticut) was an American composer and holder of two Guggenheim Fellowships. He was born in St. Louis and graduated from the Eastman School of Music in 1948 with a Bachelor of Music in composition and percussion. A New York City resident from 1950, his music has been performed with increasing frequency in major musical centers of the US and Europe. He served as guest lecturer on electronic music and serial techniques at the University of Massachusetts, as an affiliate of the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, and Instructor of instrumental techniques at the Summer Institute of Bennington College, Vermont.

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  • Charles Whittenberg (* 26. Juli 1927 in St. Louis; † 22. August 1984 in Hartford/Connecticut) war ein US-amerikanischer Komponist und Musikpädagoge. Whittenberg studierte bis 1948 an der Eastman School of Music. Er unterrichtete dann am Bennington College, dem Center of Liberal Studies in Washington und an der University of Connecticut. Ab 1962 arbeitete er am Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center. Als Komponist war er ein Vertreter der seriellen Technik in der Nachfolge von Anton Webern. Vorrangig bekannt wurden Werke für Soloinstrumente und Kammermusikensembles, insbesondere für Blasinstrumente. Daneben war er auch auf dem Gebiet der elektronischen Musik aktiv. (de)
  • Charles Whittenberg (July 6, 1927, St. Louis, Missouri - d. August 22, 1984, Hartford, Connecticut) was an American composer and holder of two Guggenheim Fellowships. He was born in St. Louis and graduated from the Eastman School of Music in 1948 with a Bachelor of Music in composition and percussion. A New York City resident from 1950, his music has been performed with increasing frequency in major musical centers of the US and Europe. He served as guest lecturer on electronic music and serial techniques at the University of Massachusetts, as an affiliate of the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, and Instructor of instrumental techniques at the Summer Institute of Bennington College, Vermont. In more recent years he served on the faculty of the University of Connecticut at Storrs. Among his works is an important brass quintet entitled Triptych, commissioned by the American Brass Quintet in 1960. He died, aged 57, in 1984 from heart disease. (en)
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  • Charles Whittenberg (* 26. Juli 1927 in St. Louis; † 22. August 1984 in Hartford/Connecticut) war ein US-amerikanischer Komponist und Musikpädagoge. Whittenberg studierte bis 1948 an der Eastman School of Music. Er unterrichtete dann am Bennington College, dem Center of Liberal Studies in Washington und an der University of Connecticut. Ab 1962 arbeitete er am Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center. Als Komponist war er ein Vertreter der seriellen Technik in der Nachfolge von Anton Webern. Vorrangig bekannt wurden Werke für Soloinstrumente und Kammermusikensembles, insbesondere für Blasinstrumente. Daneben war er auch auf dem Gebiet der elektronischen Musik aktiv. (de)
  • Charles Whittenberg (July 6, 1927, St. Louis, Missouri - d. August 22, 1984, Hartford, Connecticut) was an American composer and holder of two Guggenheim Fellowships. He was born in St. Louis and graduated from the Eastman School of Music in 1948 with a Bachelor of Music in composition and percussion. A New York City resident from 1950, his music has been performed with increasing frequency in major musical centers of the US and Europe. He served as guest lecturer on electronic music and serial techniques at the University of Massachusetts, as an affiliate of the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, and Instructor of instrumental techniques at the Summer Institute of Bennington College, Vermont. (en)
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