Ben Weber (composer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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composer
Date of Birth: 23-Jul-1916
Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Date of Death: 16-Jun-1979
Profession: composer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Ben Weber (composer)
- William Jennings Bryan "Ben" Weber (July 23, 1916 in St.
- Louis – June 16, 1979 in New York City) was an American composer. Weber He was "one of the first Americans to embrace the 12-tone techniques of Schoenberg, starting in 1938"; he was largely self-taught.
- He worked initially as a copyist and only came to recognition in the 1950s.Weber used the twelve-tone technique but, rather than avoid tonality, he worked with it and achieved a virtuoso Romantic style.
- He composed chamber music for various combinations of instruments, orchestral music including concertos for violin and piano, piano music, and songs. Weber wrote his own unpublished memoirs, How I Took 63 Years to Commit Suicide" (as told to Matthew Paris)
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