Background
Kurtz, Eugene Allen was born on December 27, 1923 in Atlanta. Son of Wilbur George and Annie Laurie (Fuller) Kurtz.
Kurtz, Eugene Allen was born on December 27, 1923 in Atlanta. Son of Wilbur George and Annie Laurie (Fuller) Kurtz.
Bachelor in Museum, University Rochester, 1947. Master of Arts in Museum, Eastman School Museum, 1949. Studied with Arthur Honegger and Darius Milhaud, Ecole Normale de Musique, Paris, 1951.
Studied with Max Deutsch, Paris, 1957.
He received an Master of Arts in music from the Eastman School of Music in 1949. His instructors included Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud, and Max Deutsch. He served as a guest professor of composition at the University of Michigan, the Eastman School of Music, and several other universities.
His notable students include John Burke, Roger Briggs, John South. Hilliard, and Robert Morris.
He was also commissioned by Radio France. Kurtz was born in Atlanta and served in the United States. Army during World World War World War II
He first arrived in France in 1944. He settled in Paris in 1952, living there until his death there of a lung infection.
Sergeant infantry United States Army, 1942-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique.