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Charles Wuorinen

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American composer (1938-2020)

United StatesMusiciansLived 1938 to 2020 · aged 81
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Charles Peter Wuorinen was an American composer of contemporary classical music based in New York City. He also performed as a pianist and conductor. Wuorinen composed more than 270 works: orchestral music, chamber music, solo instrumental and vocal works, and operas, such as Brokeback Mountain (2014).

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Awards 7

1970Pulitzer Prize for Music
1967Arts and Letters Award in Music
Guggenheim Fellowship
MacArthur Fellows Program
Rome Prize
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Joseph H. Bearns Prize

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Charles Peter Wuorinen was an American composer of contemporary classical music based in New York City. He also performed as a pianist and conductor. Wuorinen composed more than 270 works: orchestral music, chamber music, solo instrumental and vocal works, and operas, such as Brokeback Mountain (2014). His work was termed serialist but he came to disparage that idea as meaningless. Time's Encomium, his only purely electronic piece, received the 1970 Pulitzer Prize. Wuorinen taught at several institutions, including Columbia University, Rutgers University and the Manhattan School of Music.

Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1938 to 2020 · aged 81
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19 languages

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