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Joseph Schwantner
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Joseph Schwantner is an American composer, musicologist, university teacher, and conductor. Born in Chicago in 1943, he is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His professional affiliations include employment at Ball State University, where he has taught students such as Evan Ziporyn.
Schwantner’s work is associated with classical music and contemporary classical genres of the 20th century. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Pulitzer Prize for Music. His compositions are recognized in the Pulitzer Prize collection.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1943
Discography
- Schwantner: Wild Angels of the Open Hills / Johnston: String Quartet no. 61983
- Schwantner: New Morning for the World / Flagello: The Passion of Martin Luther King1995
- The Music of Joseph Schwantner1997
- Sparrows / Music of Amber2004
- Composer's Collection: Joseph Schwantner2006
- Chasing Light... / Morning's Embrace / Percussion Concerto2011
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4,502
- Total plays
- 14,329
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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. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/J
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joseph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Occupation
- conductor
- Employer
- Ball State University
- Genre
- classical music
- Official website
- www.josephschwantner.com
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- date of birth
- 1943-03-22
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Commons category
- Joseph Schwantner
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