Loos, Armin
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Fuller Name
- Mathias Jacob Friedrich Armin
Variants
- Loos, Mathias Jacob Friedrich Armin
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1904-02-20
Death Date
- 1971-03-23
Birth Place
- Darmstadt (Germany)
Associated Locale
- Germany
Associated Locale
- New York (N.Y.)
Associated Locale
- New Britain (Conn.)
Field of Activity
Occupation
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Sources
- found: His Aquarius '70, c1978:t.p. (Armin Loos)
- found: Koshgarian, R. Am. orchestral music, 1992(Loos, Armin; 1904-1971)
- found: Armin Loos papers, 1980:page 1 (Mathias Jacob Friedrich Armin Loos, known as Armin; born February 20, 1904, Darmstadt, Germany, died March 23, 1971, New Britain, Connecticut; was intended to pursue a career in finance, his education included a degree in jurisprudence from the University of Dresden; studied composition in Dresden; published a book on mortgages and German banks; came to New York in 1928 to prepare for a career in banking but decided to devote his time to composing; became a U.S. citizen in 1940; unable to earn a living as a composer, in 1940 he moved to New Britain, Connecticut, to work in his father-in-law's curtain store, retired in 1962)
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Change Notes
- 1979-05-04: new
- 2023-09-08: revised
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