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Ralph Shapey

American composer and conductor (1921-2002)
Person Human Q2129780

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
March 12, 1921
Date of death
June 13, 2002
Place of birth
Philadelphia
Place of death
Chicago
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
composer, conductor
Employer
University of Chicago[8]
Award received
MacArthur Fellows Program, Arts and Letters Award in Music, Laurel Leaf Award[9][10][11]
Nominated for
Pulitzer Prize for Music, Pulitzer Prize for Music[19]
Described by source
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Encyklopedia muzyczna PWM[17][18]
Given name
Ralph[15]
Instrument
violin[16]
Member of
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Letters[12][13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ralph Shapey de Shapey
🔖 Identifiers · 44
ISNI
0000000080870102
VIAF cluster ID
7581350
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n81010504
GND ID
120167484
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Shapey.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID
mn0001441041
American Academy in Rome ID
12465052
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/71519
BIBSYS ID
10005379
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13965417d
Carnegie Hall agent ID
40058
Classical Archives composer ID
38939
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Discogs artist ID
1617040
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Ralph-Shapey
Europeana entity
agent/base/161285
FAST ID
67104
Find a Grave memorial ID
281130360
Freebase ID
/m/0b3gnm
Geni profile ID
6000000073629553884
Grove Music Online ID
25587
IdRef ID
238291928
J9U entity ID
987007310634805171
JudaicaLink person (GND) ID
120167484
Libraries Australia ID
49786279
Libris-URI
jgvxxc022mvmsw5
LiederNet composer ID
14012
MacArthur Fellows Program ID
127, class-of-1982/ralph-shapey
MusicBrainz artist ID
a9692c98-836c-4ff7-9f72-3f381545f230
Musicalics composer ID
85348
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
465939
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000260928
NLA Trove people ID
1496546
NLP ID
a0000002708843
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000238629
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810564491805606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1261473
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
307933083
RERO ID (legacy)
A022524298
SBN author ID
ATMV001531
SELIBR ID
170942
SNAC ARK ID
w61n7zg6
The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID
8316
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJjXjfC36QYVmwD6QRdhHC
Yale LUX ID
person/52f30a80-5356-4dae-ad0b-c4213a12c04a

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🔗 Connections
Mb:teacher 5
Shulamit Ran, Gerald Levinson, Robert Carl, Ursula Mamlok, Daniel Dorff
Award received 3
MacArthur Fellows Program, Laurel Leaf Award, Arts and Letters Award in Music
Mb:composer 2
Concerto Fantastique, Concerto Fantastique
Member of 2
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Letters
Nominated for 2
Pulitzer Prize for Music, Pulitzer Prize for Music
Occupation 2
composer, conductor
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Employer 1
University of Chicago
Given name 1
Ralph
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
violin
Place of birth 1
Philadelphia
Place of death 1
Chicago
Sex or gender 1
male
Students 1
Gerald Levinson
← Mb:teacher 1
Stefan Wolpe
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Summary

Ralph Shapey was born on March 12, 1921[1], in Philadelphia[2]. He died on June 13, 2002[3], in Chicago[4]. He worked as a composer[5] and conductor[6].

FAQs

Where was Ralph Shapey born?

Ralph Shapey was born in Philadelphia[2].

Where did Ralph Shapey die?

Ralph Shapey died in Chicago[4].

What did Ralph Shapey do for work?

Ralph Shapey worked as a composer[5] and conductor[6].

What awards did Ralph Shapey receive?

Honors received include MacArthur Fellows Program[9], Arts and Letters Award in Music[10], and Laurel Leaf Award[11].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Musicalics. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . artsandletters.org. Retrieved . artsandletters.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . pulitzer.org. pulitzer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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