Francis Thorne (b. Bay Shore, New York, June 23, 1922) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. Bay Shore is a hamlet (and Census-designated place) located in the town of Islip, County of Suffolk, New York New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Events 1180 - First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan 1305 - The Flemish Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to a period that started in the mid-1970s with the retreat of modernism. Many of his over 100 compositions are characterized by a distinct jazz flavor. He is also one of the first classical composers to write for the electric guitar and electric bass guitar. An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the
He was a student of Paul Hindemith at Yale University[1], and later studied with David Diamond. Paul Hindemith (16 November 1895 &ndash 28 December 1963 was a German Composer, Violist, violinist teacher music theorist and conductor. David Leo Diamond ( July 9 1915 &ndash June 13 2005) was an American Composer of classical music.
In 1968 he was inducted into the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. The American Academy of Arts and Letters is a 250-member organization whose goal is to "foster assist and sustain excellence" in American Literature,
With Dennis Russell Davies, he founded the American Composers Orchestra in 1977. Dennis Russell Davies (born 16 April 1944, Toledo, Ohio, US) is an American conductor and pianist The American Composers Orchestra ( ACO) is an American orchestra based in New York City. [1]
He lives in New York. The Francis Thorne Papers (1956-2004) are held by the New York Public Library. The New York Public Library ( NYPL) is one of the leading public libraries of the world and is one of America's most significant Research libraries. [1]
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- ^ a b Program Notes. American Composers Orchestra (April 14 2002). Retrieved on 2008-05-18. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine.
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