Beach, John Parsons
Beach, John Parsons (b Gloversville, NY, 1877; d Pasadena, Calif., 1953). Amer. composer, regarded as one of the first modernists. Spent 7 years in Paris from 1910. Comps. incl. 2 short stage works, 2 ballets, orch. and chamber mus.
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