| Nationality: | Swiss |
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Date & Place of Birth: |
July 24, 1880 - Geneva |
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Date & Place of Death: |
info will be updated as soon as possible. |
| Near Family: | info will be updated as soon as possible. |
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Main Place of Residence: |
Earlier in his life he lived in New York, California, and Oregon - but he later settled (almost permanently) in Switzerland. |
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Vocation (including composition): |
After teaching summer classes at the University of California (Berkeley) he returned entirely to composition. |
| Major Work(s): | One of his more successful pieces was the Trois Poemes Juifs (1913) as well as the opera Macbeth (1904). |
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Interesting Facts: |
Probably the greatest driving force behind his music was his fervent Judaism. |
