Newlin, Dika (1923–)

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Newlin, Dika (1923–)

American composer, pianist, critic, musicologist, and professor. Born in Portland, Oregon, Nov 22, 1923; Michigan State University, BA, 1939, University of California at Los Angeles, MA, 1951; awarded the 1st PhD in musicology granted by Columbia University, 1945; studied with Arnold Schoenberg, Artur Schnabel, Rudolf Serkin and Roger Sessions.

Established music department at Drew University (1952–65); was professor of musicology at North Texas State University, Denton (1965–73); appointed director of Montclair State College's electronic music library (1973); developed doctoral program in music for Virginia Commonwealth University (1978); in addition to numerous compositions in the 12-tone idiom, wrote about Arnold Schoenberg and translated his works.

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