American composer, administrator and teacher (1923-1983).
Died June 17th, 1983 at 60 years old in New York City.
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel