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Joseph Schwantner
12+ albums
contemporary classicalcomposerAllClassical20th Century
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Joseph Schwantner (born 1943 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American composer and educator. In 1970 he joined the faculty of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Schwantner is prolific, with many orchestral works to his credit. His style is accessible, coloristic and eclectic, drawing on such diverse elements as French impressionism, African drumming, and minimalism. His orchestral work Aftertones of Infinity received the Pulitzer Prize in 1979. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
top songs
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Percussion Concerto: I. Con forza
1,1542Soaring
9723Velocities
5554… and the mountains rising nowhere
4335Black Anemones
3496Percussion Concerto: III. Ritmico con brio
2827Sparrows
1938...And the Mountains Rising Nowhere: … and the mountains rising nowhere
1319.... And the Mountainds Rising Nowhere
13010Recoil
122albums
Schwantner: Percussion Concerto - Morning's Embrace - Chasing Light…
SCHWANTNER: Sparrows / Music of Amber
North Texas Wind Symphony: Passions
Composer's Collection: Joseph Schwantner
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North Texas Wind Symphony: Wildflowers
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Alchemize
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Rising
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Schwantner, J.: Consortium I / In Aeternum / Ives, C.: Largo for Violin, Clarinet and Piano / Davidovsky, M.: Synchronisms No. 3
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The Music of Joseph Schwantner
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Schwantner: Concerto for Percussion & Orchestra/New Morning for the World
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Schwantner: Velocities / Brostrom: Scene for Vibraphone / Masson: Frum, A Drum Song
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Joseph Schwantner: Looking Back