Arthur Kreutz

Arthur R. Kreutz (July 25, 1906 – March 12, 1991) was an American composer.

Life and career

Kreutz was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin. His paternal grandparents Frank R. Kreutz (originally František Kříž) and Paulina Zahradníková were born in the Czech village Pístina. Arthur's second cousin was the composer Robert E. Kreutz.

Kreutz composed the Paul Bunyan Suite, the Dixie Concerto, the score to Martha Graham's 1942 ballet Land Be Bright, and Symphonic Blues (for orchestra) (1947); some of his orchestral pieces were played by the New York Philharmonic, with whom he appeared at times as a guest conductor. Among his other works is a 1954 opera about the University Greys of the University of Mississippi. Kreutz taught from 1954 until 1961 at the University of Mississippi; he died of cancer in Oxford, Mississippi. The University holds his papers in its libraries.

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1906 births

1991 deaths

People from La Crosse, Wisconsin

People from Oxford, Mississippi

American male classical composers

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20th-century classical composers

American classical composers

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20th-century American composers

Classical musicians from Wisconsin

20th-century American male musicians

American people of Czech descent