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Dominick Argento

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Dominick Argento (October 27, 1927 – February 20, 2019) was an American composer known for his lyric operatic and choral music. Among his best known pieces are the operas Postcard from Morocco, Miss Havisham's Fire, The Masque of Angels, and The Aspern Papers. He also is known for the song cycles Six Elizabethan Songs and From the Diary of Virginia Woolf; the latter earned him the Pulitzer Prize f…

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Type: Person
Area: United States
Born: October 27th, 1927
Died: February 20th, 2019
Labels: Naxos Cedille Composers Recordings Inc. Reference Recordings Gothic Records

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Last updated: February 22nd, 2019