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| Howard Hanson (1896-1981) was one of the most influential American musicians during his lifetime. He studied in New York City, then at Northwestern, then spent three years in Italy as the first American recipient of the prestigious Prix de Rome fellowship. Returning to the US in 1924, Hanson led a performance of his "First (Nordic) Symphony" in Rochester, New York, and George Eastman hired him to direct the newly endowed Eastman School of Music, where Hanson remained until he retired.
Hanson was a great supporter or American music and composers, and helped establish the doctoral music degree. His own works -- including choral, chamber music, organ and piano pieces, symphonies, and opera -- were in the romantic vein.
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