Given the question: What key details about alfred bartles  can be extracted from the following bio?  Bio: alfred howell bartles -lrb- 10 november 1930 - 28 december 2006 -rrb- was an american composer and musician . he played the cello and piano and he is best known for `` music for symphony orchestra and jazz ensemble '' , a work that has been described as pioneering of the crossover between jazz and classical music . bartles grew up in nashville , tennessee and studied piano under lennie tristano . he enrolled at vanderbilt university in 1949 with the intention of studying music , but left at the start of the korean war , to act as an arranger and pianist for the us army . he obtained a master 's degree in composition from ohio university , under the direction of karl ahrendt , and began studying the cello . he joined the st louis symphony orchestra , and played in the pit orchestra on broadway musicals . his compositions began to be published in the 1960s , including `` music for symphony orchestra and jazz ensemble '' . in 1973 , he accepted a position at tennessee technological university before moving to the eurythmeum in stuttgart , germany in 1978 . he moved back to nashville in 1997 , where he spent the remainder of his career .
The answer is:
- birth name is alfred howell bartles- death date is 28 december 2006- name is alfred bartles- era is 20th century