Gordon Young (October 15, 1919 – October 2, 1998) was an American
organist
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and
composer of both
organ
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and
choral
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works.
Biography
Gordon Young was born in
McPherson, Kansas
McPherson () is a city in and the county seat of McPherson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 14,082. The city is named after Union General James Birdseye McPherson, a Civil War general. It ...
on October 15, 1919. He earned a bachelor's degree in music at
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,
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United States
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* Winfield, Kansas
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. He then began studying organ with
Alexander McCurdy at the
Curtis Institute of Music
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...
, Philadelphia.
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1919 births
1998 deaths
20th-century American composers
20th-century classical musicians
20th-century organists
20th-century American male musicians
Composers for pipe organ
American composers
American male composers
American classical organists
People from McPherson, Kansas
American male classical organists
Southwestern College (Kansas) alumni
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