Miriam Gideon's lyrics & chords

Miriam Gideon (23 October 1906 - 18 June 1996) was an American composer. She studied organ with her uncle Henry Gideon and piano with Felix Fox. She also studied with Martin Bernstein, Marion Bauer, Charles Haubiel, and Jacques Pillois. She studied harmony, counterpoint, and composition with Lazare Saminsky and at his suggestion also composition with Roger Sessions after which she abandoned tonality and wrote in a freely atonal or extended post-tonal style (Hisama 2001, pp. 6-7). Born in Greeley, Colorado, she moved to New York City where she...read more