Biography
John Davison was born in 1930, he was a composer-pianist, grew up in upper New York State and in New York City. He studied music at the Juilliard, Haverford College, Harvard and Eastman, where he received his doctorate. Among his teachers were Alfred Swan, Randall Thompson, Walter Piston, Bernard Rogers, Howard Hanson, Alan Hovhaness, and Robert Palmer. John taught at Haverford College from 1959 until his death in 1999. He received a number of prizes and fellowships
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