Lockrem Johnson

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Seattle based Lockrem Johnson (1924, Davenport, Iowa – 1977) was an American composer. He studied with George McKay and Berthe Poncy Jacobson. His one-act chamber opera A Letter to Emily (1951) was runner up for the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1952.^[1] Regarding an incident in the life of poet Emily Dickinson, the libretto was adapted by the composer from the play Consider the Lilies by Robert Hupton.^[2] He founded Puget Music Publications in 1970, devoted to publishing works by composers from the American Northwest.

Other works:

Flower Drum Song
She

Sources

↑ Heinz-D. Fischer, Erika J. Fischer (2003). Complete Historical Handbook of the Pulitzer Prize System 1917–2000, p. 264. ISBN 9783110939125.
↑ Eaton, Quaintance (1961). Opera Production: A Handbook, Volume 1, p. 193. ISBN 9780816657537.

External links

"Lockrem Johnson", ArsNovaMusic.com.

Persondata
Name	Johnson, Lockrem
Alternative names
Short description	American composer
Date of birth	1924
Place of birth	Davenport, Iowa
Date of death	1977
Place of death

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