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Marga Richter
American classical composer (1926–2020)
Florence Marga Richter (October 21, 1926 – June 25, 2020) was an American composer of classical music, and pianist.
Biography
Marga Richter was born in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, the daughter of the American soprano Inez Chandler (1885–1956) and a German army captain, Paul Richter. She studied piano at the MacPhail School of Music in Minneapolis with Irene Hellner and with Helena Morsztyn in New York City.
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She entered the Juilliard School of Music in 1945 and studied composition with William Bergsma and Vincent Persichetti and piano with Rosalyn Tureck, graduating with a BS and then MS degree in 1951. After completing her studies, she taught music appreciation at Nassau Community College from 1971 to 1972, and later began working as a composer full-time.[1][2]
Richter composed several works for the Harkness Ballet in the early 1950s.
Her music was also performed, recorded, and produced on numerous album