Editing Frederic Rzewski (section)

== Early life and education ==
Rzewski was born on April 13, 1938, in [[Westfield, Massachusetts]], to parents of Polish<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gilmore|first=Bob|date=September 30, 2011|title=Frederic Rzewski|url=http://www.paristransatlantic.com/magazine/interviews/rzewski.html|access-date=June 26, 2021|website=www.paristransatlantic.com}}</ref> and Jewish descent,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kim|first=Sujin|date=2011|title=Understanding Frederic Rzewski's North American Ballads|url=https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_etd/send_file/send?accession=osu1262054539&disposition=inline|access-date=July 14, 2021|website=etd.ohiolink.edu|page=19|archive-date=June 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626231047/https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_etd/send_file/send?accession=osu1262054539&disposition=inline|url-status=dead}}</ref> and raised Catholic.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Frederic Rzewski interview|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalmusic/6987672/Frederic-Rzewski.html|access-date=June 26, 2021|website=www.telegraph.co.uk|date=January 14, 2010 }}</ref> He began playing piano at age 5 and attended [[Phillips Academy]], [[Harvard University|Harvard]], and [[Princeton University|Princeton]], where his teachers included [[Randall Thompson]], [[Roger Sessions]], [[Walter Piston]], and [[Milton Babbitt]]. In 1960, he went to Italy on a [[U.S.-Italy Fulbright Commission|Fulbright grant]], a trip which was formative in his future musical development. In addition to studying with [[Luigi Dallapiccola]] in Florence on a [[U.S.-Italy Fulbright Commission|Fulbright scholarship]]<ref name=nytimes>{{Cite news|last=Robin|first=William|date=June 27, 2021|title=Frederic Rzewski, Politically Committed Composer and Pianist, Dies at 83|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/27/arts/music/frederic-rzewski-dead.html|access-date=June 28, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> he began a career as a performer of new piano music, often with an improvisatory element.<ref name="Grove"/>