Lees, Benjamin, 1924-2010
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Lisniansky, Benjamin George, 1924-2010
Lisniatsky, Benjamin, 1924-2010
Lysniansky, Benjamin, 1924-2010
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found: His String quartet, no. 1, 1952.
found: New Grove dict. of Amer. mus.(Lees, Benjamin; b. 1-8-24, Harbin, China; composer of Russian parentage)
found: Baker, 8th ed.(Lees (real name, Lysniansky), Benjamin; b. 1-8-24, Harbin, Manchuria; American composer of Russian parentage, taken to U.S. in infancy)
found: Cont. composers, 1992(Lees, Benjamin (Benjamin Lisniatsky); b. 1-8-24, Harbin, Manchuria; American, came to U.S. in infancy)
found: German Wikipedia WWW site, June 2, 2010(Benjamin Lees; b. Jan. 8, 1924, Harbin; d. May 31, 2010, Glen Cove [N.Y.]; American composer)
found: New York times WWW site, June 4, 2010(in obituary published June 3: Benjamin Lees; b. Benjamin George Lisniansky, Jan. 8, 1924, Harbin, to Jewish parents who had fled pogroms in their native Ukraine; came to the U.S. in 1925; d. Monday [May 31, 2010], Glen Cove, Long Island, aged 86; iconoclastic American composer who spurned modern musical trends in favor of work that was lyrical, tonal, and widely described as approachable)
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1983-01-20: new
2021-01-27: revised
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