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My name is Douglas Townsend. I am an established composer and musicologist. I am 87 years old. I do not feel that my biography in Wikipedia accurately represents me. I would like my biography to include a list of my compositions (between 50 and 100, depending on how different versions are treated). I see that the Dutch have started a list, but it is incomplete. I have exhaustively listed most of my compositions on the American Music Center website at www.amc.net/DouglasTownsend. Most of them were premiered in prominent venues in Manhattan and were reviewed in the NYTimes or NYHerald Tribune. I have an archive of these reviews, as well as other articles on me, in my possession. I have quoted from them on the American Music Center site, and I have listed the instrumentation of my compositions, etc. Of course, I have all of the scores in my possession. Many have been published or broadcast, etc. I have any documentation you need. I also wrote chapter 11 of a recently published book on Carl Czerny (Univ. of Rochester Press) (www.urpres.com/80462502.HTM). Also, I have written over 500 liner notes (many for Musical Heritage Society), articles and program notes. Of course I have all of the documentation. My feeling when I look at this page in Wikipedia is that it creates a very inadequate impression with respect to the details of my life and my work. I would like to improve this page now while I am alive. I have had four orchestral performances in the last 18 months (Bronx Arts Ensemble Orchestra, David Gilbert conducting; New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Gerald Steichen conducting; Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra, Petko Dimitrov conducting; and the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra, Diane Wittry conducting); I am still composing and competing for grants, performances, etc. Therefore, I necessarily take the contents of this page seriously. I am sorry that I do not know how to use your sign language. I have no idea what "tildes" are. But if some administrator could call me up and speak to me or get together with me some day and help me, I think the task could be accomplished in no time. All of my contact information is on the American Music Center site (www.amc.net/DouglasTownsend). Thank you. Douglas Townsend

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