William (Joseph) Russo

(1928-2003)

William (Joseph) Russo, author of instrumental and vocal music, was born in Chicago on the 25th June 1928, the same year of the composers Adler, Anderson, Asgeirsson (Ásgeirsson), Baird, Berry, Cohn, Damase, Dreyfus, Dvorácek, Farquhar, Felix, Hambraeus, Hidas, Hurd, Lendvay, Lukás, Musgrave, Natschinski, Olah, Rautavaara, Rekasius, Sacco, Schmidt, Tahourdin, Tanev, Teed, Vacek. He died in Chicago on the 11th Jenuary 2003

project Russo (Deeper articles)

Music examples MIDI ed Mp3 of 1900

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"John Hooton" has been performed in Londra in Jenuary 1963

"The Island" has been represented in 1963

"Land of Milk and Honey" was performed in 1964

"Antigone" has been represented in 1967

"Aesop's Fables" was performed on the 17th of August 1972 in New York

"A General Opera" has been represented in 1976

"A Cabaret Opera" (The Alice B. Toklas Hashish Fudge Review; Paris Lights; The Shepherds' Christmas) was performed on the 8th of December 1977 in New York

"The Payoff" was performed on the 16th of February 1984 in Chicago

"Dubrovsky" was performed in 1988

"Cups and boxes" (1951), oil on canvas, 22.5 x 50 cm, of the painter Giorgio Morandi, contemporary of Russo (Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf)

William (Joseph) Russo

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