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Roger Sessions

American composer, critic, and teacher of music1896 to 1985

Wikidata names Ernest Bloch and Horatio Parker as teachers and lists 21 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Teachers and mentors2

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Ernest Bloch
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Horatio Parker

Taught21

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Miriam Gideon
born 1906
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Ross Lee Finney
born 1906
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Lionel Nowak
born 1911
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Vivian Fine
born 1913
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
David Diamond
born 1915
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Earl Kim
born 1920
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Grant Johannesen
born 1921
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Will Ogdon
born 1921
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Beatrice Laufer
born 1923
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Einojuhani Rautavaara
born 1928
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Donald Martino
born 1931
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Henry Weinberg
born 1931
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Allen Brings
born 1934
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Sydney Hodkinson
born 1934
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Edward Laufer
born 1938
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Frederic Rzewski
born 1938
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
born 1939
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Bruce Saylor
born 1946
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
George Tsontakis
born 1951
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Joel Feign
born 1951
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Samuel Zyman
born 1956

Education and career9

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Harvard University
studied
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University of California, Berkeley
studied
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Yale School of Music
studied
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Kent School
studied
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Princeton University
worked
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Smith College
worked
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University of California, Berkeley
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Harvard University
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Juilliard School
worked

At a glance

known as: classical composer, musicologist, music theorist, university teacher, music critic, composer, music teacher, pianist, musician
awards: Guggenheim Fellowship, 1926, Rome Prize, Pulitzer Prize for Music, 1982, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Honorary Member of the International Society for Contemporary Music, Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards, 1974
member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Letters
notable works: Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 7
Wikipedia: in 22 languages

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Elsewhere6

identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaRoger Sessions
stated by WikidataWikidataQ550632
stated by WikidataVIAF109492778
stated by WikidataGND119514893
stated by WikidataIdRef08073359X
stated by WikidataISNI000000011580216X

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@misc{academicancestry_Q550632,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Roger Sessions: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q550632},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Roger Sessions: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q550632