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First name: Frederic
Last name: Goossen
Dates: 1927-2011
Category: Quartet
Nationality: american
Opus name: Quartet no 2
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Peculiarities: See: http://composers.com/frederic-goossen
Information: Frederic Goossen (1927-2011) was educated at the University of Minnesota, completing a PhD in 1954 under Donald Ferguson (composition), James Aliferis (composition and theory), and William Lindsay (piano). He also studied privately with Arthur Shepard (composition) and Melville Smith (counterpoint) at the Longy School of Music, Cambridge, Mass. Goossen has composed over 100 works in a variety of genres, many of which have been recorded by CRI, New World, and Opus One. After teaching at University of Minnesota and Berea College (KY), Mr. Goossen joined the faculty of of University of Alabama where he remained as Professor of Composition and Director of Graduate Studies until retiring as Professor Emeritus. In 1991 Mr. Goosen received an award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for lifetime achievement in music composition. Jacob Frederic Goossen passed away June 10, 2011. He was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota July 30, 1927, the only child of the late Jacob F. and Marcia Eldred Goossen. He was educated in the public schools of St. Cloud and graduated from Technical High School in 1945. He attended the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in music in 1949 and a Master of Arts in 1950. After private musical study in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a period working as a newspaper reporter, Goossen returned to the University of Minnesota to take a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1954. Following three years on the faculty of Berea College, Kentucky, where he met and married his wife Shirley Reed Goossen, he joined the music faculty of the University of Alabama in 1958, a position he held until his retirement from the University in 1996. During his tenure at Alabama, Goossen taught all aspects of musical composition and theory and served for 25 years as Director of Graduate Studies in Music.