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1923Oct, 23

Ned Rorem

Ned Rorem, American composer and author
Ned Rorem (born October 23, 1923) is an American composer and diarist. He won a Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1976 for his Air Music: Ten Etudes for Orchestra.

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