Fred Frith
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About
Composer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist who helped found the avant-rock group Henry Cow and was in groups like Art Bears.
Before fame
His first instrument was the violin, which he began learning at age five.
Trivia
He has been a professor of composition in the Music Department at Mills College in Oakland, California.
Family life
He was born into a musical family in Sussex, England.
Associated with
He has frequently collaborated with Robert Wyatt.
