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Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1952
Death Date
- 2018-01-26
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Settlement Music School (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Descriptor
- Americans
Birth Place
- Camden (N.J.)
Associated Locale
- South Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
Occupation
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Sources
- found: His Duo for two guitars, 1990:t.p. (Robert Capanna) p. 4 of cover (b. 1952)
- found: Theodore Presser Company website, November 28, 2018(Robert Capanna was born in 1952 in Camden, New Jersey, and spent his early musical life commuting to Philadelphia for music lessons. Originally a trombonist, he received his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in composition from the Philadelphia Music Academy where he studied with Joseph Castaldo and Theodore Antoniou. In 1974, he was the Bruno Maderna Fellow in Composition at the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood where he worked with Jacob Druckman and was awarded the Koussevitsky Prize in composition. From 1982 to 2009, Mr. Capanna served as executive director of the Settlement Music School, a community school of the arts serving over 9,000 students at six locations throughout the greater Philadelphia region. He passed away on January 26, 2018) - https://www.presser.com/composer/capanna-robert/
- found: Dobrin, Peter. Robert Capanna, 65, composer and former executive director of Settlement Music School, via philly.com website, posted January 26, 2018, viewed on November 28, 2018(Robert Capanna; died Friday, Jan. 26 [2018], at home in South Philadelphia; composer in genres from chamber to orchestral to choral; born in Camden, raised in Pennsauken and Merchantville) - http://www2.philly.com/philly/obituaries/robert-capanna-65-composer-and-former-executive-director-of-settlement-music-school-20180126.html
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Change Notes
- 1991-11-12: new
- 2023-04-22: revised
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