Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music
Walter Piston (1894-1976)
Bio
Walter Hamor Piston, Jr. was born in Rockland, Maine. Walter was in the Navy Band during World War I and then attended Harvard. He earned a scholarship to travel to Paris, where he studied with Boulanger, Dukas, and Enescu. He returned and took a teaching position at Harvard where for the next 35 years he had students such as Leonard Bernstein, Elliott Carter, Samuel Adler, and many more. At the Boston Public Library, you can view his desk and collection in the Piston Room.
Music
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 1
Concertino for Piano and Chamber Orchestra
Quintet for Wind Instruments
The Incredible Flutist
Symphony No. 6
Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 7
Symphony No. 8
Symphonic Prelude & Fugue for Orchestra
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