Arnold Rosner
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Arnold Rosner is an American
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 composer of classical music
Classical music
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Rosner, of Jew
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ish descent, got his training at State University of New York
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 at Buffalo, New York
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; according to his own account he learned nothing there. Rosner took his own path and composes in the style of Romanticism
Romantic music
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, traditionally. He has composed in all kinds of genres: opera (2); symphony
Symphony
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 (6), string quartet
String quartet
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 (5), chamber music and songs. Many of his compositions have been influenced by his original beliefs, but also e.g. by Catholicism
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