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Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
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Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born April 30, 1939, in Miami, Florida) is an American composer, the first female composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Her early works are marked by atonal exploration, but by the late 1980s she had matured to a post-modernist, neo-romantic style. She has been called "one of America’s most frequently played and genuinely popular living composers." Zwilich began her studies as a violinist, earning a B.M. from Florida State University in 1960. She moved to New York to play with the American Symphony Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski. She later enrolled at Juilliard, eventually (in 1975) becoming the first woman to earn the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in composition.[1] Her teachers included John Boda, Elliott Carter, and Roger Sessions. A prolific composer in virtually all media, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s works have been performed by most of the leading American orchestras and by major ensembles abroad. Her music first came to public attention when Pierre Boulez conducted her Symposium for Orchestra at Juilliard (1975), but it was the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for the Symphony No. 1 that brought her instantly into international focus. Commissions, major performances and recordings soon followed: the Symphony No. 2 (Cello Symphony), premiered by Edo de Waart and the San Francisco Symphony; Symphony No. 3, written for the New York Philharmonic’s 150th anniversary; Symphony No. 4 "The Gardens" (with chorus), commissioned by Michigan State University a
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Violin Concerto: III. Quarter note = ca. 152
8522Peanuts Gallery: I. Schroeder's Beethoven Fantasy
8093Peanuts Gallery: II. Lullaby for Linus
2544Concerto Grosso 1985, I Part 1
2025Peanuts Gallery: VI. Peppermint Patty and Marcie Lead the Parade
1996Concerto Grosso 1985, I
1807Quintet for Alto Saxophone & String Quartet in A Minor: II. Quarter Note Equals 132
1528Concerto Grosso 1985, I Part 2
1499Concerto Grosso 1985: I. Maestoso
14010Symphony No. 1 (Three Movements for Orchestra): I
109albums
ZWILICH: Violin Concerto / Rituals
Zwilich: Millennium Fantasy - Images - Peanuts Gallery
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Concerto Grosso/Trumpet Cto/Symbolon/Double Quartet
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Symphony #1
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Music [Disc 4]
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Music (Disc 4)
Walker / Zwilich: Trombone Concertos
Passionate Diversions: A Celebration of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
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Listening To Western Music
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Symphony No. 5
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Zwilich, E.: Clarinet Quintet / Sheng, B.: Concertino for Clarinet and String Quartet
Zwilich: Cello Concerto & Other Works