Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Felciano, Richard
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Felciano, Richard, 1930-
Other form(s) of name
- Richard Felciano
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1930-
History
Richard Felciano was Ford Foundation composer-in-residence for the Detroit Public Schools at the time of correspondence. He wanted to use Merton's poem, "The Captives - A Psalm" for a setting for chorus and orchestra. He later became professor of music at the University of California at Berkeley.