Babbitt: Portrait of a Serial Composer (2011)

The American composer and teacher Milton Babbitt died Saturday, Jan. 29 2011 at age 94. For years, New York-based journalist and filmmaker Robert Hilferty had been constructing a documentary on Babbitt. It was a quirky, loving look at a man regarded by many as a composer of "difficult" music. Hilferty left the film unfinished when he died in 2009. Composer and former Babbitt student Laura Karpman has now completed Hilferty's film.

Released

2011-01-13

Genres

Music, Documentary

Runtime

63 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Robert Hilferty