Barbara Kolb
Barbara Kolb | |
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Kolb in the 1970s | |
| Born | February 10, 1938 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | October 21, 2024 (aged 86) |
| Education | Hartt College of Music |
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| Organizations | Third Street Music School Settlement |
| Awards | Rome Prize |
Barbara Kolb (February 10, 1938 – October 21, 2024) was an American composer and educator, the first woman to win the Rome Prize in musical composition. Her music features sound masses of colorful textures, impressionistic sounds and atonal vocabulary, with influences from literary and visual arts. She taught at the Third Street Music School Settlement, Rhode Island College and Eastman School of Music.