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Edwin John Stringham (July 11, 1890 – June 30, 1974) was an American composer.


Life

Stringham was a native of
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. He earned a bachelor's degree in music from Northwestern University, a doctorate in music from the University of Denver, and a doctorate in teaching from the University of Cincinnati. He also studied at the Royal Academy of Rome, the Italian Academy, and the University of Munich. He died in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.


Career

Stringham spent much time in
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before moving to
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, where he served on the faculty of
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at
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. Until 1947, he was the director of music instruction at the U. S. Army American University in Biarritz, France. Most of his output was orchestral, and would frequently spice his works with elements of
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. Among the orchestras to play his work was the
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.


Politics

In the late 1940s, Stringham declared that the Communist Party was creating tensions between blacks and whites in the United States, singling out
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as a leading member of a communist group seeking to divide the country along racial lines.


References


Further reading

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External links

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Edwin Stringham's obituary
at ''The New York Times'' American male composers Musicians from Kenosha, Wisconsin People from Chapel Hill, North Carolina Teachers College, Columbia University faculty 1890 births 1974 deaths 20th-century American composers 20th-century American male musicians {{US-composer-19thC-stub