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Leo Rich Lewis

Leo Rich Lewis (February 11, 1865 – September 8, 1945) was an American composer. Biography Leo Rich Lewis was born in Woodstock, Vermont on February 11, 1865. He graduated from Tufts College in

Leo Rich Lewis (February 11, 1865 – September 8, 1945) was an American composer. Biography Leo Rich Lewis was born in Woodstock, Vermont on February 11, 1865. He graduated from Tufts College in Massachusetts in 1887, and earned two degrees from Harvard University in 1888 and 1889. Among Lewis’s notable students was Alan Hovhaness. He was also instrumental in securing the acceptance of the African American composer Jester Hairston to Tufts in 1927. Lewis died at Cambridge Hospital in Massachusetts on September 8, 1945. References External links *

Era
Late Romantic
Lived
1865–1945
From
United States
Born in
Woodstock · died Cambridge Hospital
Known as
composer

Contemporaries

Composers of the same nationality whose working lives overlapped — computed across all 11,984 dated composers in this library, not taken from any single article.