Carlisle Floyd
Carlisle Sessions Floyd (June 11, 1926 – September 30, 2021) was an American opera composer. Many of his songs were based on his life living in the American South. His best known opera, Susannah (1955), is based on a story from the Biblical Apocrypha. He was born in Latta, South Carolina.[1]
Floyd died in Tallahassee, Florida on September 30, 2021, at the age of 95.[2]
Carlisle Floyd Media
Carlisle Floyd (second from right) at the National Endowment for the Arts honors in 2004, with NEA Chairman Dana Gioia (left), Leontyne Price and Richard Gaddes
George W. Bush and Laura Bush present the National Medal of Arts, 2004
References
- ↑ McFadden, Robert D. (2021-09-30). "Carlisle Floyd, Whose Operas Spun Fables of the South, Dies at 95" (in en-US). The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/30/arts/music/carlisle-floyd-dead.html. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
- ↑ Salazar, Francisco (2021-09-30). "Obituary: American Opera Composer Carlisle Floyd Dies at 95". Opera Wire. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
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