| Milton Babbitt  AKA Milton Byron Babbitt
Born: 10-May-1916
Birthplace: Philadelphia, PA
Died: 29-Jan-2011
Location of death: Princeton, NJ
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Composer Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Music for Synthesizer Avant-garde composer, creator of the first compositions for synthesizers. Father: Albert E. Babbitt
Mother: Sarah Potamkin
Wife: Sylvia Miller (m. 1939, d. 2005, one son, one daughter)
University: University of Pennsylvania (dropped out)
University: New York University (1935)
University: MFA, Princeton University (1942)
Professor: Princeton University (1938-)
Professor: Juilliard School (1971-)
Pulitzer Prize 1982 (special citation)
Guggenheim Fellowship 1960
MacArthur Fellowship (1986-91)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Author of books:
The Collected Essays of Milton Babbitt (2003)
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