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Serge Benoist de Gastyne (July 27, 1930 – July 24, 1992) was a French American composer and pianist born in Paris, France. After fighting with the French Resistance forces in World War II, he came to the United States and attended the University of Portland (Oregon), where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1950. He took further studies at the Eastman School of Music and also at the University of Maryland, where he was awarded Master of Music and Doctor of Music Arts degrees. ==Biography== Serge de Gastyne (1930–1992) was born in Paris, France. Early in his teens, de Gastyne fought in the French Underground. He emigrated to the United States in 1947 where his dazzling piano-playing soon won him scholarship grants at the University of Portland and the Eastman School of Music. Between studies he sold encyclopedias, and earned enough to finance a cross-country trip by bus. In 1952 he enlisted in the Air Force, which decided that it wanted him at the keyboard of a piano, not at the controls of a plane. He was assigned to the Composing and Arranging staff of the Air Force Band in Washington DC. At Sampson Air Force Base near Rochester, New York (Major General Richard Lindsay commanding), he set out to compose a huge musical "panorama" celebrating the 50th anniversary of powered flight.〔Air Force Wonder,http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,891687,00.html / Time Magazine article, Monday, January 30, 1956〕 His musical compositions include symphonies, operas, and many pieces for band, voice and organ. He won awards for his compositions from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). In 1968 he became a citizen of the United States. After studies at Eastman, he received a Masters and a Doctorate in music from the University of Maryland. He taught music at Northern Virginia Community College while serving in the Air Force. After retirement, he moved to Gulfport, Mississippi, where he lived for three years before his death on July 24, 1992.〔Coda,http://books.google.com/books?id=hBMKAQAAMAAJ&q=Coda+air+force+gastyne+retired&dq=Coda+air+force+gastyne+retired&hl=en&ei=Wk7RTai6Lqrk0gGw-oigDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CF8Q6AEwAA / Coda, the newsletter of the Retired Air Force Bandleaders and Superintendents Society, Sep–Oct 1992〕 Serge was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. 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「Serge de Gastyne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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