found: His Divertimento, 1957.
found: His Letter to a young composer, c1987:cover (M. Powell)
found: Baker, 8th ed.(Powell, Mel (real name Melvin Epstein); b. 2-12-33, N.Y.; composer)
found: New Grove dict. of Amer. mus.(Powell, Mel; b. 2-12-23, New York; composer, teacher)
found: Ww in Amer. mus., Classical, 2nd ed.(Powell, Mel; b. 2-12-23, New York; studied piano with Sara Barg & Nadia Reisenberg, 1928-40)
found: New York times, Apr. 27, 1998:p. B7 (Mel Powell, composer, 75, d. Apr. 24, 1998, Sherman Oaks, Calif.; b. Feb. 12, 1923, New York City)
found: Wikipedia, October 16, 2019(Mel Powell (born Melvin Epstein) (February 12, 1923-April 24, 1998) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer, and the founding dean of the music department at the California Institute of the Arts; He served as a music educator for over 40 years, first at Mannes College of Music and Queens College, then Yale University, and finally at CalArts. During his early career he worked as a jazz pianist)