Morten Johannes Lauridsen
Born: 27th February 1943, Colfax, Washington
Nationality: American
Morten Johannes Lauridsen is an American composer. A National Medal of Arts recipient (2007), he was composer-in-residence of the Los Angeles Master Chorale from 1994 to 2001, and has been a professor of composition at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music for more than 50 years.
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