Raoul Pleskow
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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.[1] 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.[2] He is now retired.
Pleskow's compositions number around 150.
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- 20th-century classical composers
- Austrian classical composers
- American male classical composers
- American classical composers
- Musicians from Vienna
- American people of Austrian descent
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