Westergaard, Peter
Westergaard, Peter (b Champaign, Ill., 1931). Amer. composer. Taught in Ger. 1957–8. Taught at Columbia Univ. 1958–66, assoc. prof. of mus. Princeton Univ. 1968, prof. 1971, chairman, mus. dept. 1974–8, 1983–6. Works incl. 2 chamber operas, cantata to text by Dylan Thomas (1958), 5 Movements for orch., chamber works.
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