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Felix Labunski

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Felix Labunski
Born(1892-12-27)27 December 1892
Ksawerynów, Poland
Died28 April 1979(1979-04-28) (aged 86)
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
NationalityFrench-American
EducationWarsaw Conservatory
Ecole Normale
OccupationComposer

Felix Labunski (27 December 1892 – 28 April 1979) was a Polish-born French-American composer.

Labunski attended Warsaw Conservatory where he studied with Witold Maliszewski. He then became a pupil of Nadia Boulanger and Paul Dukas at the Ecole Normale in Paris.[1] His work was part of the music event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.[2]

He emigrated to the United States in 1936 and became an American citizen in 1941. He taught at Marymount Manhattan College from 1940 until 1941, at the Cincinnati College Conservatory between 1945 and 1955 and at the University of Cincinnati from 1955 until 1964 when he retired.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Butterworth, Neil (2 October 2013). Dictionary of American Classical Composers. Routledge. p. 263. ISBN 978-1-136-79024-9.
  2. ^ "Felix Labunski". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 August 2020.