Paul Glass
Swiss-American composer
Paul Eugène Glass (born November 19, 1934) is a Swiss-American composer.
Life
Born in Los Angeles, California, Glass is the son of silent film actor and film executive Gaston Glass. He was educated at the University of Southern California (BM), and was taught by Ingolf Dahl, and Goffredo Petrassi in Rome (on a Fulbright Scholarship). Glass also attended Princeton University under a fellowship, and attended the Institute of International Education in Warsaw with Witold Lutoslawski on a grant. He joined ASCAP in 1961.
Glass has been married twice, the first time being to Marina Fistoulari Mahler, on April 3, 1965, and the second time being to Penelope Margaret Mackworth-Praed, on July 12, 1977. Glass and Mackworth-Praed currently live in Magadino, Switzerland. Both have been professors at Franklin University Switzerland.
Selected works
Paul Glass' works are published by Müller & Schade.
Ballet
eschatos, ballet (1957)
kakapo, ballet pour enfants (2001)
Orchestra
sinfonia n.
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