Halim El-Dabh
Died on September 2, 2017 at age 96
Mr. El-Dabh was an Egyptian-American composer best known for the haunting, Eastern-infused ballets he wrote for Martha Graham. He was also in the vanguard of electronic composition, creating pieces in that medium as early as the 1940s.
Notable Deaths 2017
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