Daniel Sonenberg (born 1970) is an American composer and performer. Sonenberg was born in

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, New York in 1970, and moved to

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in 2004. As a composer, he is best known for his opera '' The Summer King''. His work ''Baseball Songs'' won the

Robert Starer Robert Starer (8 January 1924 in Vienna – 22 April 2001 in Kingston, New York) was an Austrian-born American composer, pianist and educator. Robert Starer began studying the piano at age 4 and continued his studies at the Vienna State Academy. ...

Competition Prize.Daniel Sonenberg
Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music, retrieved 5 May 2021. He composed ''First Light: A Fanfare for Maine'' for performance by the

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at the Maine bicentennial celebrations. Sonenberg is a member of a rock band, Lovers of Fiction,Chris Busby (8 August 2013)
Lovers of Fiction
''The Bollard''. and has also released a solo album, ''Peaks Island Ferry''.Daniel Sonenberg

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, retrieved 6 May 2021. He is a professor at the

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1970 births Living people American classical composers American opera composers 21st-century American composers University of Southern Maine faculty {{US-composer-stub

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