About Walter Olmo
Lived 1938 – 2019 (aged 80). Walter Olmo was an Italian composer.
Walter Olmo (28 November 1938, Alba, Piedmont, Italy – 16 May 2019) was an Italian musician and composer. In 1957 he wrote Towards a Conception of Musical Experimentation (Pour un concept d'expérimentation musicale). He advocated avant-garde electronic and contemporary music. In his 1975 he published the essay La fine della preistoria musicale (The End of Musical Prehistory).
During the 1980s, he was a lecturer at the Licinio Refice Conservatory Frosinone.
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Who was Walter Olmo?
Italian composer (1938–2019)
When was Walter Olmo born?
Walter Olmo was born on 28 November 1938.
When did Walter Olmo die?
Walter Olmo died on 16 May 2019 in Alba.
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Walter Olmo was a composer.
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Walter Olmo was Italian.
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