Hearing The Pulitzers

Episode 28 - 1970: Charles Wuorinen, Time’s Encomium

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In this episode, Dave and Andrew discuss the first fully electronic work to ever win a Pulitzer Prize, even though it was the only electronic work its composer ever wrote. Did Charles Wuorinen set a new standard for Pulitzer-winning music or was electronic music a flash in the pan?

 

If you're interested in learning more about Wuorinen, we recommend:

  1. Charles Wuorinen's extensive website
  • Elliott Schwartz's article "Electronic Music: A Thirty-Year Retrospective" in Music Educators Journal, Vol. 64, No. 7 (March 1978): 36-41.
  • Perspective of New Music's "Charles Wuorinen: A Celebration at 80," Vol. 56, No. 2 (Summer 2018)
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