Composer · Post-War · 1916–2011
Milton Babbitt
American composer (1916–2011).
Biography
Milton Byron Babbitt (May 10, 1916 – January 29, 2011) was an American composer, music theorist, mathematician, and teacher. He was a Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur Fellowship recipient, recognized for his serial and electronic music. Babbitt's compositional approach was deeply inspired by Arnold Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique. He built a compositional system based on permutations of the total chromatic.
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Works with clarinet
- Clarinet Quintet
Works with flute
- None but the Lonely Flute, for flute
- Soli e Duettini, for flute and guitar
Works with saxophone
- Accompanied Recitative, serialized composition for soprano saxophone and piano