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American musician, composer of over 150 pieces, especially known for her church music. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, on November 24, 1927; daughter of George Willis and Myrtle (Casebolt) Diemer; studied with Paul Hindemith, Howard Hanson, Roger Sessions, and Ernst Toch; studied at the Kansas City Conservatory; awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study composition and piano at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels, Belgium; received her bachelor and masters degrees from Yale University; received Doctor of Philosophy in composition from the Eastman School of Music.

While in high school, Emma Lou Diemer began to compose music.

"During that time I decided to write music that avoided tonality," she wrote, "although I was not familiar with twelve tone music. So, I wrote my first piece and didn't repeat notes and it sounded very dissonant." Her musical abilities gained her admittance to Yale where she studied with Paul Hindemith and was awarded a Fulbright Schol