Leonard Sarason (1925 – September 24, 1994) was a music composer, a pianist, and a mathematician. He earned a master's degree music composition from
Yale University
Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...
, supervised by
Paul Hindemith
Paul Hindemith (; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advocate of the ' ...
.
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Univ. of Washington, retrieved 2015-02-12.[The Al Goldstein collection in the Pandora Music repository at http://www.ibiblio.org/pandora/mp3/contrib/Martha_Goldstein_Live/Readme] After a doctorate in Mathematics at
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, th ...
supervised by
Kurt Otto Friedrichs
Kurt Otto Friedrichs (September 28, 1901 – December 31, 1982) was a noted German-American mathematician. He was the co-founder of the Courant Institute at New York University, and a recipient of the National Medal of Science.
Biography
Friedri ...
he taught mathematics at
Stanford University and the
University of Washington
The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington.
Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattl ...
.
His mathematical research concerned
partial differential equations.
Media
* Piano Sonata (1948)
References
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Yale University alumni
New York University alumni
Stanford University faculty
University of Washington faculty
American male composers
20th-century American mathematicians
1925 births
1994 deaths
20th-century American composers
20th-century American male musicians