Paul Pisk

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Paul Amadeus Pisk (May 16, 1893, Vienna - January 12, 1990, Los Angeles) was an Austria-born composer and musicologist. A prize named in his honor is the highest award for a graduate student paper at the annual meeting of the American Musicological Society

He learned from Arnold Schönberg and Guido Adler.

[edit] Major publications

  • PA Pisk, "Max Reger, Briefwechsel mit Herzog Georg II von Sachsen-Meiningen." Journal of the American Musicological Society, Vol. 3, No. 2,149-151. Summer, 1950. JSTOR
  • PA Pisk - "Subdivision of Tones: A Modern Music Theory and Philosophy" Bulletin of the American Musicological Society, 1942, v.36 JSTOR
  • PA Pisk "The Fugue Themes in Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier" Bulletin of the American Musicological Society, No. 8 (Oct., 1945), pp. 28-29- JSTOR

[edit] References

  • J Glowacki. Paul A. Pisk: Essays in His Honor (1966) - College of Fine Arts, University of Texas
  • E Antokoletz, "A Survivor of the Vienna Schoenberg Circle: An Interview with Paul A. Pisk" Tempo, Tempo, New Ser., No. 154, 15-21.(1985) JSTOR

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