Peter Talbot Westergaard (28 May 1931[1] – 26 June 2019)[2] was an American composer and music theorist.
He pursued undergraduate studies at Harvard University, graduating in 1953, and in 1956 obtained an M.F.A.
He studied with Roger Sessions, Walter Piston, Darius Milhaud, Edward Cone, Milton Babbitt and Wolfgang Fortner (Pratt 2001) in Freiburg/Germany.
[4] Amongst former pupils of Babbitt, Westergaard stands out for his contributions to serial theory, as well as for his compositions, which are characterized by a delight in symmetry and mirror relationships, together with a concern for the systematic and integrated use of all the parameters of music, producing multileveled, clear, beautiful, and audible patterns (Griffiths 1981, 160–61).
Film version of Alice in Wonderland published by Albany records.