Walter Piston

Walter Hamor Piston Jr., (January 20, 1894 – November 12, 1976), was an American composer of classical music, music theorist and professor of music at Harvard University whose students included Leroy Anderson, Leonard Bernstein, and Elliott Carter.

Listening

 * String Quartet no. 1 - Very cool, almost Shostakovich-like.


 * Listening:


 * Spotify: Walter Piston – Piston: String Quartets Nos. 1, 3 & 5 (with other)