Deolus W. Husband
{{Short description|American composer}}
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| birth_date = June 19, 1959
| birth_place = Raleigh, Mississippi, US
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| education = University of Southern Mississippi
Manhattan School of Music
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| partner = Edwin Alexander[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/31/arts/music/new-york-philharmonic-nightcap.html Joshua Barone, "The Music Nearly Lost to AIDS," New York Times (May 31, 2019), p. C5.]
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Deolus W. Husband (June 19, 1959 – November 13, 1989) was an American composer.
Biography
Husband was born in Raleigh, Mississippi. He attended the University of Southern Mississippi for Bachelor's degree, graduating in 1981.Deolus W. Decie Husband, A Collection of Original Compositions (B.M. thesis, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, 1981. At the Manhattan School of Music he studied composition with John Corigliano and Ludmila Ulehla, receiving his doctorate in 1987.
Legacy
Before he died, Husband became involved with the Estate Project for Artists With AIDS. After his death, Maury Newberger (Husband's representative at the Estate Project) set up The Deolus Husband Scholarship for Composition at the Manhattan School of Music.[https://www.msmnyc.edu/giving/named-endowments/ "Named Endowments," Manhattan School of Music (website, accessed, 18 July 2019).]
Husband's manuscripts were donated by Newberger to the Music Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
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Category:People from Raleigh, Mississippi
Category:American male composers
Category:Manhattan School of Music alumni
Category:AIDS-related deaths in Mississippi
Category:University of Southern Mississippi alumni
Category:American LGBTQ musicians
Category:LGBTQ people from Mississippi
Category:20th-century American male musicians
Category:20th-century American LGBTQ people
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