Celebrating Carlisle Floyd: South Carolina-Born Composer

Carlisle Floyd is considered one of the foremost composers and librettists of opera in the United States and some consider him to be the father of American Opera. Born in Latta, South Carolina in 1926, Floyd earned degrees in piano and composition at Syracuse University. His storied teaching career began in 1947 at Florida State University, where he remained until 1976, when he became a professor at the University of Houston. 

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