Carlisle Floyd
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 98 |
Date of birth | June 11,1926 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Born | Latta |
South Carolina | |
United States | |
Record labels | Albany Records |
Virgin Classics | |
Job | Opera composer |
Education | Syracuse University |
Converse College | |
Books | Markheim: An Opera in One Act |
Wuthering Heights: A Musical Drama in a Prologue and 3 Acts | |
Of Mice and Men: A Musical Drama in Three Acts | |
Susannah: A Musical Drama in Two Acts | |
Listen artist | open.spotify.com |
Awards | National Medal of Arts |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 462642 |
Carlisle Floyd Life story
Carlisle Sessions Floyd was an American composer primarily known for his dozen or so operas. These stage works, for which he wrote the librettos, typically engage with themes from the American South, particularly the Post-civil war South, the Great Depression and rural life.