Johnson, Hunter
(1906–1998)
Johnson, Hunter. Benson, North Carolina, 14 April 1906 – Benson, North Carolina, 27 August 1998 Johnson studied at the University of North Carolina (1924–26) and the Eastman School, Rochester, New York (1927–29), where he was a pupil of Bernard Rogers. He also studied with Casella in Rome (1933). He was awarded two Guggenheim Fellowships (1941, 1954). From 1929 to 1933 he was head of composition at the University of Michigan. On a Prix de Rome scholarship he worked in Europe from 1933 to 1935…