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Groundbreaking electronic composer Richard Maxfield was born in Seattle on February 2, 1927. According to the biographical entry located at www.virtulink.com/mela/main.htm, as a child he studied piano and later played clarinet in the Seattle All Youth Orchestra, even writing a symphony while still in high school. After a stint in the Navy, Maxfield spent a year at Stanford ...more


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