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First name: Paul
Last name: Cooper
Dates: 1926-1996
Category: Quartet
Nationality: american
Opus name: Chimera: for piano quartet (1973)
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Peculiarities: See:http://mirlyn.lib.umich.edu/Record/005818436; http://www.worldcat.org/title/chimera-for-piano-quartet-violin-viola-cello-piano/oclc/235605550&referer=brief_results
Information: Born 19 May 1926 in Victoria, Illinois, Paul Cooper was educated at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, the Conservatoire National, and the Sorbonne in Paris, studying with, among others, Ingolf Dahl, Ernest Kanitz, Roger Sessions, Halsey Stevens, and Nadia Boulanger. Distinguished as both composer and teacher, Cooper taught at the Universities of Michigan and Cincinnati and was composer-in-residence and professor of music at the Shepherd School of Music of Rice University. He died on 4 April 1996. Cooper's work list includes compositions for orchestra, chamber ensemble, voice, choir, and solo piano. His six symphonies and string quartets and multiple solo and choral works are formally economical and encompass a wide variety of musical styles.