Earle Brown

American composer (1926–2002)

Person Human Q1277459

Facts

26 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[14]
Date of birth: December 26, 1926
Date of death: July 2, 2002
Place of birth: Lunenburg
Place of death: Rye
Country of citizenship: United States^[7]
Occupation: composer
Field of work: music^[8]
Educated at: Berklee College of Music^[9]
Award received: Guggenheim Fellowship, Rome Prize, Arts and Letters Award in Music^[10]^[11]^[12]
Genre: experimental music^[15]
Official website: earle-brown.org^[20]
Cause of death: cancer^[17]
Student of: Roslyn Brogue^[21]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[25]
Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights
Described by source: UbuWeb^[24]
Family name: Brown^[18]
Given name: Earle^[19]
Has works in the collection: ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe^[26]
Instrument: trumpet^[23]
Manner of death: natural causes^[22]
Member of: Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts^[13]

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Place of burial: North Cemetery^[6]
Record label: Tzadik Records^[16]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 80

ISNI: 000000012148580X
VIAF cluster ID: 116415621
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n87101852
GND ID: 119484625
Image (Wikimedia Commons): David Arden (left) with Earle Brown in recording session in 1995.jpg ↗
AbART person ID: 15875
AllMusic artist ID: mn0001646783
American Academy in Rome ID: 12465049
Archives at Yale agent ID: people/93265
Artist-info artist ID: 225800
Awards & Winners artist ID: 01vt305
BBC Things ID: f5671359-2c9a-465b-b088-28ba964bd640

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BIBSYS ID: 5037926
BRAHMS artist ID: earle-brown
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12189439k
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: brown-earle
CANTIC ID: 981058515151806706
CONOR.SI ID: 97079651
Carnegie Hall agent ID: 26522
Classical Archives composer ID: 8360
CoBiS author ID: 95a5yja38danyk2f65b5yc9t6ct32cg
DFK Paris person ID: 0002243717
De Agostini ID: Brown,+Earle
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 119484625
Dezède person ID: 28697
Discogs artist ID: 208633
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Earle-Brown
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: earle-brown
Europeana entity: agent/base/153404
FAST ID: 201268
FID performing arts ID: agent/gnd_119484625
Find a Grave memorial ID: 114395961
Freebase ID: /m/01vt305
GTAA ID: 86441
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Earle_Brown
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 1882529
Grove Music Online ID: 04098
Guggenheim fellows ID: earle-brown
HAND ID: 0C11-3FDE-3D08-8D72-7525
IMDb ID: nm10619442
IdRef ID: 084547871
J9U entity ID: 987007437356005171
KANTO ID: 000190846
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID: 119484625
Komponisten der Gegenwart ID: 17000000072
Les Archives du spectacle person ID: 74546
Lex ID: Earle_Brown
Libraries Australia ID: 35181629
Libris-URI: nl022js64jblnrz
Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID: 01175/eu_b_4838/b4838
Museum of Modern Art artist ID: 18214
MusicBrainz artist ID: 1263bb63-9533-4653-b4c8-51d2939ef34f
Musicalics composer ID: 78925
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000236408
NE.se ID: earle-brown
NL CR AUT ID: mub2015878100
NLA Trove people ID: 854853
NNDB people ID: 302/000114957
NUKAT ID: n97063215
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810692209305606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 095794999
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3881042
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803095530515
Prabook ID: 237029
RERO ID (legacy): A003048045
RISM ID: people/51037907
Rate Your Music artist ID: earle_brown
SBN author ID: LO1V193212
SELIBR ID: 171546
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 784056
SNAC ARK ID: w6f76mtr
Songkick artist ID: 32604
Studio di Fonologia Musicale RAI person ID: 22
The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID: 10036
Treccani ID: earle-brown
Union List of Artist Names ID: 500101100
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058515151806706
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJbM8jxfcQPGdkp6DRHKVC
Yale LUX ID: person/2c989a0d-d822-47d9-af52-fe9872d59eeb
ZKM person ID: earle-brown

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🔗 Connections

Award received 2

Guggenheim Fellowship, Arts and Letters Award in Music

Cause of death 1

cancer

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Described by source 1

UbuWeb

Educated at 1

Berklee College of Music

Family name 1

Brown

Field of work 1

music

Films directed 1

Sparrows

Genre 1

experimental music

Has works in the collection 1

ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe

Instance of 1

human

Instrument 1

trumpet

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Mb:teacher 1

Anna Rubin

Member of 1

Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts

Occupation 1

composer

Place of birth 1

Lunenburg

Place of death 1

Rye

Record label 1

Tzadik Records

Sex or gender 1

male

← Mb:married 1

Carolyn Brown

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Summary

Earle Brown was born on December 26, 1926^[1], in Lunenburg^[2]. He died on July 2, 2002^[3], in Rye^[4]. He worked as a composer^[5].

FAQs

Where was Earle Brown born?

Earle Brown's place of birth was Lunenburg^[2].

Where did Earle Brown die?

Earle Brown passed away in Rye^[4].

What did Earle Brown do for work?

Earle Brown worked as a composer^[5].

Where did Earle Brown go to school?

Earle Brown was educated at Berklee College of Music^[9].

What awards did Earle Brown receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship^[10], Rome Prize^[11], and Arts and Letters Award in Music^[12].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Earle Brown — place of birth (P19): Lunenburg. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Earle Brown — place of death (P20): Rye. Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Earle Brown — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Earle Brown — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Earle Brown — educated at (P69): Berklee College of Music. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Earle Brown — field of work (P101): music. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Earle Brown — occupation (P106): composer. The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved 2021-04-01. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Earle Brown — place of burial (P119): North Cemetery. Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Earle Brown — genre (P136): experimental music. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Earle Brown — award received (P166): Guggenheim Fellowship. Guggenheim Fellows database. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Earle Brown — award received (P166): Rome Prize. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Earle Brown — award received (P166): Arts and Letters Award in Music. artsandletters.org. Retrieved 2021-07-19. artsandletters.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Earle Brown — record label (P264): Tzadik Records. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Earle Brown — member of (P463): Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Earle Brown — cause of death (P509): cancer. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Earle Brown — date of birth (P569): December 26, 1926. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-05. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Earle Brown — date of death (P570): July 2, 2002. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-05. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Earle Brown — family name (P734): Brown. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-13. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Earle Brown — given name (P735): Earle. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Earle Brown — official website (P856): https://earle-brown.org/. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Earle Brown — student of (P1066): Roslyn Brogue. Q92547037. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Earle Brown — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Earle Brown — instrument (P1303): trumpet. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Earle Brown — described by source (P1343): UbuWeb. ubu.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10. ubu.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Earle Brown — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Earle Brown — has works in the collection (P6379): ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe. ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe. Retrieved 2022-06-30. wikidata.org.

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