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Irwin Spector Biography
- Ph.D., Musicology, New York
University, 1952
- Diploma, Orchestral Conducting,
Paris Conservatory, 1954
- Composition with Nadia Boulanger,
1953-1954; Sorbonne 1953-1954
- Violin with Jacques Gordon ,
1942-1944
- Viola with Hugo Kortschalk, 1936
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- Illinois State University Professor of
Music, 1948-1976 (Emeritus), Composer in Residence,
Conductor University Symphony Orchestra, Leader Faculty
String Quartet.
- Visiting Professor, University of Kansas,
1968-1969, Director Collegium Musicum
- Music History Survey, University of
Grenoble, 1970
- 20th Century American Music,
Academie Internationale, Nice, 1970
- Over 40 compositions, orchestra, band,
chorus, chamber ensembles, piano pieces, songs
- Publications in musical journals, Grove
Dictionary, book of Instrumental Music of Robert White,
book on the work of Jaques-Dalcroze entitled Rhythm and
Life (Pendragon Press).
Born 1916, Died 1995.
Married, four children, US Army, WWII, Major, cryptographic,
administrative, music officer. Grants: Swiss Government, Martha
Baird Rockerfeller, Illinois State University, Meet the Composer.