Charles Wuorinen : Pulitzer Prize-winning American Composer of Contemporary Classical Music Based in New York City, Performed his Own Works, and Performed other 20th-century Music as Pianist and Conductor

June 9, 1938 — March 11, 2020

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In 1970 Wuorinen became the youngest composer at that time to win the Pulitzer Prize (for the electronic work Time's Encomium). The Pulitzer and the MacArthur Fellowship are just two among many awards, fellowships and other honors to have come his way.

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• NYTimes.com: Charles Wuorinen, Uncompromising Modernist Composer, Dies at 81

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