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Raoul Pleskow
Austrian-American composer

Raoul Pleskow

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Austrian-American composer
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Place of birth
Vienna, Austria
Age
92 years
Awards
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
 
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Raoul Pleskow (born October 12, 1931 in Vienna) is an Austrian-born American composer.

Pleskow moved to the United States in 1939 and became an American citizen in 1945. He studied at the Juilliard School in New York City (1950–1952), and at Queens College (1952–1956), where he studied composition with Karol Rathaus. He then studied with Otto Luening at Columbia University, earning a Masters degreein Music in 1958. In 1959 he was appointed to the music faculty at C. W. Post College, Long Island University, and in 1970 he became a full professor. He is now retired.

Pleskow's compositions number around 150.

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