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Karl Korte

Born: 25th August 1928, Ossining, New York, United States

Nationality: American

Karl Richard Korte was an American composer of contemporary classical music.

He was born in Ossining, New York, and grew up in Englewood, New Jersey. He attended the Juilliard School, where he studied with Peter Mennin, William Bergsma, and Vincent Persichetti. He later studied composition with Otto Luening, Goffredo Petrassi, and Aaron Copland.

Korte taught at the University of Texas at Austin from 1971 to 1997 and held the rank of emeritus professor.

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