Oja, Carol J.
OJA, Carol J.
OJA, Carol J. American, b. 1953. Genres: Music. Career: Professor, Conservatory of Music, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and Director, Institute for Studies in American Music. Publications: Stravinsky in "Modern Music," 1982; Colin McPhee: Composer in Two Worlds, 1990; Making Music Modern: New York in the 1920s, 2000. EDITOR: American Music Recordings: A Discography of 20th Century U.S. Composers, 1982; A Celebration of American Music: Words and Music in Honor of H. Wiley Hitchcock, 1990. Address: College of William and Mary, PO Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795, U.S.A.
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