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Bookmark or Share- Lukas Foss (1922-2009) | Biography, Music & More - InterludeRead about the life and work of composer Lukas Foss, who was called "one of his era’s most communicative and representative composer-performers.”
- Lukas Foss | 20th-century classical, avant-garde, orchestral - BritannicaLukas Foss (born Aug. 15, 1922, Berlin, Ger.—died Feb. 1, 2009, New York, N.Y., U.S.) was a German-born U.S. composer, pianist, and conductor, widely recognized for his experiments with improvisation and aleatory music.
- Lukas Foss, Baroque Variations - American Symphony OrchestraA decade before John Cage hit on subtraction as a compositional device, Lukas Foss was busy erasing notes from a Handel piece to create the first movement of Baroque Variations. The unsuspecting listener might think he or she is confronted by an orchestral malfunction.
- Lukas Foss - American Composers OrchestraLukas Foss achieved remarkable distinction as a composer, a conductor, and a pianist, and he was universally regarded not only as one of America’s leading 20th-century composers but also as one of the major forces on the American music scene generally.
- Remembrance of a Genius (Lukas Foss 1922-2009)On Sunday, February 1, the American music community lost one of its greatest advocates—composer, conductor, pianist and educator, Lukas Foss. Lukas was an eclecticist in the truest sense of the word.
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