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Kent Wheeler Kennan

Born: 18th April 1913, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Died: 1st November 2003, Austin, Texas, United States

Nationality: American

Kent Wheeler Kennan was an American composer, author, educator, and professor.

He learned to play the organ and the piano and received degrees in composition and music theory from the University of Michigan and the Eastman School of Music. At the age of 23, he was awarded the Rome Prize, which allowed him to study for three years in Europe, primarily at the American Academy in Rome. He was the half brother of the diplomat and historian George F. Kennan.

For most of his career, Kennan was a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, also teaching briefly at Kent State University.

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