ABSTRACT
British/American composer and record industry executive, born in Hanley, Staffordshire, England. In 1915 the family moved to Seattle, Washington, and subsequently Lieberson graduated from the University of Washington. Then he studied at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and wrote music criticism in Rochester. Lieberson moved to New York City to work for the League of Composers, and founded the American Composer’s Alliance. In 1939 he gained the post of assistant to the director of the Masterworks Division of Columbia Records, and three years later he was director. He quickly initiated pioneering projects during a time of economic turmoil for the label. Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire was one of his productions, and in 1940 he made recordings of Igor Stravinsky’s music. In 1946 he became vice president of Columbia Records.
