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John Woods Duke (July 30, 1899 – October 26, 1984) was an American composer and pianist born in Cumberland, Maryland. He is best known for his large output of art songs. Biography. John Woods Duke was the oldest child in a large musical family.
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John Duke was a distinguished composer, pianist, and teacher of piano. He is best known for his art-songs in English, which were composed between 1920 and his death in 1984. His works also include solo instrumental pieces, instrumental and vocal chamber music, choral and symphonic works, and music for the stage.
John Duke (1899-1984) was an American composer of songs, chamber music, and orchestral works. He studied in Europe and taught at Smith College, where he composed many songs for his colleagues and students.
John Duke was a prolific American composer of art songs, influenced by 19th-century German Lieder. He taught at Smith College and worked with Nadia Boulanger and Artur Schnabel.
Abstract. The purpose of this study is to examine the writings of the American composer John Woods Duke (1899-1984) from the years 1917-1945, to extrapolate topics of importance from these writings, and to assess their relevance to the development of the composer’s compositional style during the same time period.
John Duke was an American pianist, music educator and a prolific composer of art-songs. During a long career he wrote over two hundred and fifty songs, most of them to verse by his compatriots, such well-known poets as Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Sara Teasdale and e.e. cummings.
