Robert Ward
American composer (1917-2013) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 95
Robert Eugene Ward was an American composer who is best remembered for his opera The Crucible (1961) after the 1953 play of the same name by Arthur Miller. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music for that opera in 1962.
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2013Died3 April 20131975North Carolina AwardAwardNorth Carolina Award for Fine ArtsAward1966Guggenheim FellowshipAward1962Pulitzer Prize for MusicAward1950Guggenheim FellowshipAward1949Guggenheim FellowshipAward1946Arts and Letters Award in MusicAward1917Born13 September 1917
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Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1917 to 2013 · aged 95
