Peter Mennin

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

Born May 17th, 1923 in Erie.

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

Occupations
composer, music educator, musicologist
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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