Irwin Swack (Composer)
Born: 8th November 1916, West Salem, Ohio, United States
Died: 2nd January 2006, New York, United States
Nationality: American
Irwin Swack was an American composer of contemporary classical music.
He held degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music (where he studied violin, graduating with a B.M. in 1939), the Juilliard School, Northwestern University (master's degree), and Columbia University (doctorate). He studied with Henry Cowell (at Columbia University), Gunther Schuller (at Tanglewood), Vittorio Giannini (at Juilliard), and Paul Creston (at Columbia University). His music was recorded on the Centaur, CRS, Opus One, and Living Artist Recordings labels.
His music is published by Carl Fischer, Shawnee Press, Theodore Presser, and Galaxy Music.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irwin_Swack