| First name: | Raymond |
| Last name: | Luedeke |
| Dates: | 1944 |
| Category: | Quintet |
| Nationality: | American |
| Opus name: | Ceremonial Dances (1999) |
| Publisher: | CMC |
| Peculiarities: | Canadian Music centre; http://www.musiccentre.ca/node/22210; www.composers.com; http://www.voiceafire.com/ |
| Information: | Ray Luedeke, one of the leading composers in North America, was born in New York City. He attended the Eastman School of Music, the Vienna Academy of Music, and Dartmouth College, where he studied with George Crumb. His output is extensive and varied. It runs the gamut from entertaining theater pieces for children, through a long list of sophisticated solo and chamber music to colorful, carefully crafted pieces for orchestra |