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Edwin R. Fissinger (June 15, 1920, Chicago, Illinois – October 16, 1990, Fargo, North Dakota) was an American composer, conductor, scholar, and charter member of the ACDA. == Early years == Edwin Russell Fissinger was the fifth of nine children born to Paul and Isabel Fissinger in Chicago, Illinois.〔 He grew up in Rockford, Illinois, and attended Rockford High School where he was a star athlete of the track team and ran the fasted 440 in the school's history.〔 It was also in Rockford where Fissinger received his early musical training.〔 In the fall of 1938, Fissinger entered Marquette University, Milwaukee on a track scholarship. During his freshman year he became engrossed in popular music to such an extent that he opted not to return to college the following year in order to concentrate on music.〔 In 1939 he reorganized “Eddie Fissinger’s Orchestra” for which he served as pianist and arranger, writing original compositions and arrangements for the group. Fissinger also sang and played the piano for his local radio program at WROK in Rockford, “The Voice of Ed Fissinger.” In 1940, he joined the Charlie Agnew Orchestra. For the next two years he traveled as a singer, pianist, and arranger.〔 In 1941 he enlisted in the Air Force. Married singer Patty Morgan February 27, 1943. In 1944, after a brief tour with the Seventh Air Force in the Central Pacific, Fissinger became the first World War II veteran to enter the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. There he received both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees. He specialized in composition and studied under eminent composer, Leo Sowerby. () He earned his doctorate from the University of Illinois in 1965, where, in addition to studies in music literature and conducting, he studied musicology with Dragan Plamenac.〔 His thesis title: "Selected Choral Works of Antonio Caldara."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edwin R. Fissinger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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