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He completed his B.A. degree in May 1948 and was awarded a Paine
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music prize. He retired from the college in May 1986, he continued to teach and perform there until his death. For many years, he was a member of the board at the
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His catalog contains 63 mature musical compositions, from his Te Deum (1942) to his String
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Saratoga Springs, NY. He died in Annapolis, Maryland on January 29, 2003, from a heart attack at the age of 81.
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was among his piano students. In 1941, the Rhode Island
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for one year. In 1939 he was hired as a music teacher at the Mary
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Allanbrook was married twice, with both marriages ending in divorce. As recounted in
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and starting his lifelong love affair with Italy. His 1995 book,
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163:(April 1, 1921 – January 29, 2003) was an American composer,
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Douglas Allanbrook: A Conversation with Bruce Duffie
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980:. University of Washington, Prized Composers
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596:Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
593:"Douglas Allanbrook" in Laura Kuhn, editor,
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223:After high school, Allanbrook studied at
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191:Allanbrook was born on April 1, 1921, in
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179:. His compositions are described by the
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794:"Douglas Allanbrook, a Renaissance Man"
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300:. His major professor was composer
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927:"He sets words of poetry to music"
590:. SUNY Buffalo, 1989, unpublished.
367:Conservatorio San Pietro a Majella
269:drafted Allanbrook. Serving as an
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334:. He spent his summers at the
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682:"Douglas Allanbrook - Artist"
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449:In 1982, he was awarded an
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363:Fulbright scholarship
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900:"At peace with war"
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