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In 1948, following a second
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as well as other orchestral works, other chamber works and songs. In his later years Finney composed a series of works exploring the nature and experience of memory, which combined serial organization as well as quotations of folk and popular music:
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The solo piano music of Ross Lee Finney : a study of the role of the editor based on the unpublished written correspondence between Finney and John
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and an honorary doctorate from
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music from time to time beginning in 1950 with his String
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recording of Finney's Cello Sonata No. 2 (about 1953), Chromatic
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Junior (December 23, 1906–February 4, 1997) was an
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Symphony 2 written in 1958 according to the NYPL Ross Lee Finney
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Sonatas for viola (at least two, no. 1 published around 1937, no. 2 around 1971)
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For violin and orchestra (No. 1, 1933, revised 1952; No. 2, 1973)
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Thinking about Music: The Collected Writings of Ross Lee Finney
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Quartet for oboe, violoncello, percussion and piano (1979)
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List of music students by teacher: C to F#Ross Lee Finney
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195:(1978) for band. Finney composed the dance scores
316:"A Cycle of Songs to Poems by Archibald MacLeish"
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391:for the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of
460:Profile of a Lifetime: A Musical Autobiography
255:Four symphonies (1 "Communiqué 1943", 2, 3, 4)
244:For alto saxophone and wind orchestra (1974)
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