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Dominick Argento

Dominick Argento

Born: 27th October 1927, York, Pennsylvania, U.S.A

Died: 20th February 2019, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A

Nationality: American

Dominick Argento was an American composer best known for his operatic and choral music. His compositions include the operas Postcard from Morocco, Miss Havisham's Fire, The Masque of Angels, and The Aspern Papers. His song cycle From the Diary of Virginia Woolf won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1975. Argento spent most of his time in Minnesota, where he taught at the University of Minnesota. Critics have described his style as blending tonal and atonal elements, sometimes incorporating twelve-tone techniques.

During the 1950s, Argento spent extended periods in both the United States and Italy, often working in Florence, where he spent some time each year.

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