| 词条 | Edmund J. Pendleton |
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Edmund J. Pendleton (1 March 1899 – 31 January 1987) was an American composer and musician. Early lifePendleton was born in Cincinnati on 1 March 1899, and later attended Columbia University in New York. His elder brother was Olympic wrestler and screen actor Nathaniel Greene Pendleton (1895-1967), better known as Nat Pendleton. CareerIn Europe, Pendleton studied under Paul Dukas for composition, Charles Münch, Pierre Monteux and Igor Markevitch for orchestral direction. He composed many works, including Alpine Concerto for flute (1943), Concerto for viola (1983), the Dream of Yann (opera for children, 1970), and the Miracle of the Nativity (a lyric drama written in 1975). Pendleton was the organist and choir master for the American Church in Paris from 1935 until 1975. He was also music critic for the New York Herald Tribune for twenty years. He maintained friendly relations with James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, and Pablo Picasso.[1] He died in Paris on 31 January 1987 and is buried at Guitrancourt Cemetery in Yvelines. Selected works
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References1. ^Composer Biography, Music in the Works of James Joyce, Sunphone Records {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Pendleton, Edmund J.}} 18 : American organists|Male organists|American male composers|1987 deaths|1899 births|20th-century American composers|Musicians from Cincinnati|American expatriates in France|Columbia University alumni|New York Herald Tribune people|American male journalists|American music critics|20th-century American non-fiction writers|Writers from Cincinnati|Journalists from Ohio|20th-century American male writers|20th-century organists|20th-century male musicians |
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