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During his seventy-six years, Cecil Effinger participated in the tremendous expansion of the quantity and quality of art music in America. Although he often called himself a contemporary composer, his works have more in common with those of a more conservative current of writers such as Samuel Barber, Roy Harris, William Schumann, and Leonard Bernstein.

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...we are provided...with a wealth of biographical and musical detail which, at its best, provides both invaluable raw data and convincing commentary. American Music Fortunately for his subject and his readers, Worster writes well...a sensitive biography of Effinger as well as a detailed analysis of his many compositions. Bloomsbury Review

...we are provided...with a wealth of biographical and musical detail which, at its best, provides both invaluable raw data and convincing commentary. American Music Fortunately for his subject and his readers, Worster writes well...a sensitive biography of Effinger as well as a detailed analysis of his many compositions. The Bloomsbury Review

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