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Finney, Ross Lee

Finney, Ross Lee

(1906–  ) composer; born in Well, Minn. After studies with Nadia Boulanger in Paris and at Harvard he began a teaching career, meanwhile continuing studies with Roger Sessions and with Alban Berg in Europe; he taught at the University of Michigan from 1948. His style showed a wide variety of influences from neoclassicism to 12-tone while remaining individual.
The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography, by John S. Bowman. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995. Reproduced with permission.
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