Zwilich, Ellen

Zwilich, Ellen Taafe

Period: Late 20th Century

Born: Sunday, April 30, 1939 in Miami, Florida (USA)

As of November 2003 this composer is still living.
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Nation of Origin: United States

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Major Works:
Symphony No. 1

Other Information:
Zwilich's Symphony No. 1 won the Pulitzer Prize for music composition in 1983.

General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN: 0198691629

Lampert, Vera; Kemp, Ian; and White, Eric Walter, The New Grove Modern Masters (The New Grove Series), W. W. Norton & Company, November 1997, ISBN: 0393315924

Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390

Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257

Slonimsky, Nicolas, Music Since 1900, Schirmer Books, July 1994, ISBN: 0028724186


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Modern Music and After: Directions Since 1945
by Paul Griffiths

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Biography at SAI National site
Biography at the Presser site





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