AKA Vladimir Alexis Ussachevsky

Born: 3-Nov-1911
Birthplace: Hailar, Manchuria, China
Died: 2-Jan-1990
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Composer

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Tape music composer

Military service: US Army (Intelligence Division, WWII, drafted 1942)

Father: (Russian army officer)
Mother: (pianist)

    University: Pasadena City College (1931-33)
    University: BA, Pomona College (1933-35)
    University: MM, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY (1936)
    University: PhD, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY (1942)
    Scholar: Music, Columbia University (1947-64)
    Scholar: Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center (cofounder 1959)
    Professor: Music, Columbia University (1964-80)
    Scholar: Composer-in-Residence, University of Utah (1970-)
    Professor: University of Utah (1980-85)

    Guggenheim Fellowship 1957
    Guggenheim Fellowship 1960
    Naturalized US Citizen
    Russian Ancestry

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