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composer music educator

Raoul Pleskow, composer, music educator. Recipient First prize Bowdoin Chamber Music Contest, 1972, award National Institute Arts and Letters, 1974, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, 1977, awards National Endowment for Arts, 1974, 75, 77.

Background

Pleskow, Raoul was born on October 12, 1931 in Vienna, Austria. Came to the United States, 1939. Son of Leo and Frieda (Herz) Pleskow.

Education

He studied at the Juilliard School in New York City (1950–1952), and at Queens College (1952–1956), where he studied composition with Karol Rathaus.

Career

Pleskow moved to the United States in 1939 and became an American citizen in 1945. He then studied with Otto Luening at Columbia University, earning a Masters degreein Music in 1958. In 1959 he was appointed to the music faculty at C. West. Post College, Long Island University, and in 1970 he became a full professor

He is now retired.

Pleskow"s compositions number around 150.

Achievements

  • Raoul Pleskow has been listed as a noteworthy composer, music educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Father:
Leo Pleskow

Mother:
Frieda (Herz) Pleskow