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Date of Birth
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28-October-1896
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Place of Birth
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Wahoo
(Saunders County, Nebraska, United States of America)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Dr. Howard Hanson, Hanson, Howard, Howard Harold Hanson
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Profession
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Composer, Conductor, Educator, Music Theorist
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Howard Harold Hanson was an American composer, conductor, educator, music theorist, and champion of American classical music. As director for 40 years of the Eastman School of Music, he built a high-quality school and provided opportunities for commissioning and performing American music. He won a Pulitzer Prize and received numerous other awards.
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