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Thomas Jefferson "T.J." Anderson (born August 17, 1928) is an American composer, conductor, orchestrator and educator. ==Biography== Born in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, Anderson has written over 80 works ranging from operas and symphonies to choral pieces, chamber music, and band music. He has composed commissioned works for the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and cellist Yo Yo Ma. He holds a Ph.D. in composition from the University of Iowa in 1958,〔(University of Iowa: Alumni & Friends Reunion 2006. )〕 was composer in residence with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra from 1968 to 1971, and was Austin Fletcher Professor of Music Emeritus at Tufts University, a position from which he retired in 1990.〔(Emeritus Faculty - Tufts Department of Music. )〕 In 1983, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree by the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts and in 2005, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree by Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.〔(Bates College: Citation for Thomas Jefferson "T.J." Anderson )〕 Anderson's son, Thomas J. Anderson, III (who also goes by "T.J."), is a poet and professor of English at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia. The younger Anderson is married to Pauline Kaldas, a poet, author, and fellow English professor at Hollins University. 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「T. J. Anderson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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