New York College of Music
American conservatory of music located in Manhattan that flourished from 1878 to 1968.
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Jerome Kern
American composer of musical theatre and popular music.
American composer of musical theatre and popular music.
His father relented, and later in 1902, Kern became a student at the New York College of Music, studying the piano under Alexander Lambert and Paolo Gallico, and harmony under Dr. Austin Pierce.
Vittorio Rieti
Jewish-Italian-American composer.
Jewish-Italian-American composer.
He taught at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore (1948–49), Chicago Musical College (1950–54), Queens College, New York (1958–60), and New York College of Music (1960–64).
Richard Strauss
German composer, conductor, pianist, and violinist.
German composer, conductor, pianist, and violinist.
1932, New York College of Music Medal.
Barry Manilow
American singer and songwriter with a career that spans seven decades.
American singer and songwriter with a career that spans seven decades.
He enrolled in the City College of New York, where he briefly studied before entering the New York College of Music.
William James Henderson
American musical critic and scholar.
American musical critic and scholar.
Henderson's perspicacity as a musical reviewer and evaluator was recognised when he was appointed lecturer on musical history in the New York College of Music.
Cy Coleman
American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist.
American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist.
Coleman studied at New York's The High School of Music & Art and the New York College of Music, graduating in 1948.
Cecil Taylor
American pianist and poet.
American pianist and poet.
He began playing piano at age six and went on to study at the New York College of Music and New England Conservatory in Boston.
Lil Hardin Armstrong
Jazz pianist, composer, arranger, singer, and bandleader.
Jazz pianist, composer, arranger, singer, and bandleader.
She later studied at the New York College of Music, where she earned a post-graduate diploma in 1929.
Wilfrid Pelletier
Canadian conductor, pianist, composer, and arts administrator.
Canadian conductor, pianist, composer, and arts administrator.
In 1959 he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Music degree from the New York College of Music.
René McLean
Hard bop saxophonist and flutist.
Hard bop saxophonist and flutist.
He later studied music at New York College of Music and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.