Background
Pisk, Paul Amadeus was born on May 16, 1893 in Vienna, Austria. Came to the United States, 1926, naturalized, 1943. Son of Ludwig and Eugenie (Pollock) Pisk.
Pisk, Paul Amadeus was born on May 16, 1893 in Vienna, Austria. Came to the United States, 1926, naturalized, 1943. Son of Ludwig and Eugenie (Pollock) Pisk.
Student, Vienna Conservatory Music. Conductor diploma, State Music Teachers Austria. Studied composition with Franz Schreker, Arnold Schoenberg.
Studied piano with S. Epstein.
Music editor, Anbruch, periodical and Arbeiterzeitung, Vienna, 1925-1932; head music department, Vienna People's Municipal U., 1922-1934; head music department, New Vienna Conservatory, 1925-1926; head music department, Austro-American Summer Conservatory, 1931-1933; professor music, U. Redlands, California, 1913-1951; director School Music, U. Redlands, California, 1948-1951; professor music, University Texas, Austin, 1951-1963; professor music, Washington, St. Louis, from 1963. Visiting professor Boston University, Arizona State University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
Fellow MacDowell Colony. Member American Renaissance Society, American Musicology Society, American Composers Alliance, National Association Composers, Music Teachers National Association, Masons, Phi Mu Alpha, Pi Kappa Lambda.
Married Martha Marie Frank, November 15, 1919. 1 child, George Michael.