Taylor, Clifford Oliver
(1923–1987)
Taylor, Clifford Oliver. Bellevue, Pennsylvania, 20 October 1923 – Abington, Pennsylvania, 19 September 1987 Taylor studied with Nicolai Lopatnikoff at Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh (1941–45) and with Walter Piston, Irving Fine, and Randall Thompson at Harvard University (M.A., 1950). He was also a private pupil of Paul Hindemith. From 1950 to 1963 he was assistant professor at Chatham College, Pittsburgh, then moved at Temple University, Philadelphia; he directed the electronic music…