Phillips, Burrill
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Burrill Phillips (November 9, 1907, Omaha, Nebraska – June 22, 1988) was an American composer, teacher, and pianist. He wrote, in 1983, of his musical influences: "The first music of a serious nature I was introduced to as a child was the 2- and 3-part inventions of Bach. Then Haydn and Chopin. All of these are simple and clear, and their harmonic content is not obscured by an elaborate overlay of either contrapuntal virtuosity or chromatic sugaring. After college I emerged with a fairly self-recognized set of preferences: Scarlatti, Soler, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Berlioz, Debussy, Stravinsky—all those whose attitude toward the sonic portion of music is one of making things clear and strong-flavored." [source from Wikipedia]
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