Peter Mennin

American composer, administrator and teacher (1923-1983).

Born May 17th, 1923 in Erie. [ref]

Died June 17th, 1983 at 60 years old in New York City. [ref]

Occupations
composer, music teacher, musicologist
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde