John Harbison

John Harbison

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About John Harbison

John Harris Harbison (born December 20, 1938 in Orange, New Jersey) is a composer, best known for his operas and large choral works. Harbison won the prestigious BMI Foundation's Student Composer Awards for composition at the age of sixteen in 1954. He studied music at Harvard University, where he sang with the Harvard Glee Club, and later at Princeton. He is an Institute Professor of music at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a former student of Walter Piston and Roger Sessions.

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Top Tracks

1

Symphony No. 4: I. Fanfare

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I. Affetuoso, poco inquieto

195 plays
3

Mirabai Songs: I. It's True, I Went to the Market

142 plays
4

Variations: Piano Alone

122 plays
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Variations: Fughetta

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6

Variations: Violin And Clarinet Alone

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Mirabai Songs: III. Why Mira Can't Go Back to Her Old House

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Mirabai Songs: IV. Where Did You Go?

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Mirabai Songs: V. The Clouds

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Mirabai Songs: VI. Don't Go, Don't Go

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