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Death of a risk-taking US recitalist

Death of a risk-taking US recitalist

The death has been communicated of the American tenor Paul Sperry, a recitalist who dedicated much of his life to new music by US composers.

His premieres covered works by Robert Beaser, William Bolcom, Victoria Bond, Daniel Brewbaker, Tom Cipullo, Nathan Currier, Daron Hagen, Richard Hundley, William Kraft, Libby Larsen, Harold Meltzer, John Musto, Stephen Paulus, Russell Platt, Robert Rodriguez, Larry Alan Smith, Louise Talma, Francis Thorne, Nicholas Thorne, Dan Welcher, Richard Wilson and Charles Wuorinen and Judith Lang Zaimont.

He was one of only  four artists to record the complete songs of Charles Ives.

Raised in Chicago, he lived in New York and taught at  Manhattan School of Music.

 

 

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