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Barney Childs was born on 13 February, 1926, is an American composer. Discover Barney Childs's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 74 years old?

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1926

Barney Sanford Childs (February 13, 1926 – January 11, 2000) was an American composer and teacher.

Born in Spokane, Washington, he taught and composed avant-garde music and literature at universities in the United States and United Kingdom.

1943

Trained originally as a literary scholar, Childs studied at Deep Springs College (1943–45), the University of Nevada, Reno (earning a BA in 1949), and Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, earning a second BA in 1951 and an MA in 1955.

1950

He was a musical autodidact till his association in the 1950s with Leonard Ratner and Elliott Carter in New York and with Aaron Copland and Carlos Chavez at Tanglewood.

He was associated later with double bass player Bertram Turetzky and clarinet player Phillip Rehfeldt.

He wrote several pieces for these and other players, often using extended techniques.

1954

Childs won the Koussevitzky Award at Tanglewood in 1954.

1956

He taught English literature at the University of Arizona from 1956 to 1965, where he was mentor to the young Joseph Byrd, then served as Dean at Deep Springs College from 1965 to 1969.

1961

He then returned to the United States where he earned a Ph.D. in English from Stanford University (1961) and remained active as an editor and writer of poetry.

1967

Much of his music employs improvisation and indeterminacy (see his "Roachville Project," 1967).

However, his influences are diverse and include jazz artists, John Cage, Charles Ives, and Paul Hindemith.

1970

In 1970 he was composer in residence at Wisconsin College Conservatory, and also taught at Goldsmiths, University of London.

1971

From 1971 until his death, he was a Fellow of Johnston College, University of Redlands in Redlands, California, where he taught composition and music literature.

He also taught literature and creative writing at the Johnston Center for Integrative Studies, located on the University of Redlands campus.

2000

Childs died in Redlands in 2000, of Parkinson's disease.

2014

Childs wrote a poetry instruction manual, The Poetry 1 Book, which was published posthumously in 2014.