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(1930-2011) Biographer. Joan Peyser was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Joan Peyser

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1930

BIRTH

Joan Peyser was born Joan Goldstein in Manhattan, New York, on June 12, 1930.

1956

OTHER

Ms. Peyser received a master's degree at Columbia University.

1971

LITWORK

The New Music: The Sense Behind The Sound
New York: Delacorte Press. (The revised 2nd edition was published in 1980 as Twentieth-Century Music: The Sense Behind The Sound).

Nonfiction.

1976

LITWORK

Boulez: Composer, Conductor, Enigma
New York: Schirmer Books.

Biography.

1986

LITWORK

The Orchestra: Origins And Transformations
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.

Nonfiction edited by Ms. Peyser.

1987

LITWORK

Bernstein: A Biography
New York: Beech Tree Books.

Biography.

1993

LITWORK

The Memory Of All That: The Life Of George Gershwin
New York: Simon & Schuster.

Biography.

1995

LITWORK

The Music Of My Time
New York: Pro/AM Music Resources Inc.
ISBN-10: 0912483997, ISBN-13: 978-0912483993.
Collection of essays and articles.

2011

DEATH

Joan Peyser died in Manhattan, New York, on April 24, 2011.

2011

INTERMENT

Joan Peyser was interred at Mount Hope Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.

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