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Contemporary

PICKER, Tobias

Born in New York, July 18, 1954

Composer website

  • Picker studied composition with Milton Babbit and Elliot Carter.
  • According to Picker himself, his music is influenced by both Brahms and Stravinsky, and a desire to meld the styles of both.
  • Fun Fact: When he was 18, Picker began working as an improvisatory accompanist for the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance.1

Sources

  1. John Van der Slice, “Picker, Tobias,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed December 12, 2019,  https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000042554.

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