Joseph Schwantner

Composer

1943 –

77

Who is Joseph Schwantner?

Joseph Clyde Schwantner is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer, educator and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 2002. He was awarded the 1970 Charles Ives Prize.

Schwantner is prolific, with many works to his credit. His style is coloristic and eclectic, drawing on such diverse elements as French impressionism, African drumming, and minimalism. His orchestral work Aftertones of Infinity received the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Music.

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Born
Mar 22, 1943
Chicago
Also known as
  • Schwantner, Joseph
  • Joseph Clyde Schwantner
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Doctor of Music, Northwestern University
    Composition
    ( - 1968)
Lived in
  • Spofford

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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