Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

Born: 30 April 1939, Miami, Florida (USA)
Died:

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[details ←] Thanksgiving Song
[details ←] Peanuts Gallery Piano,
[details ←] String Trio
[details ←] Concerto Piano,
[details ←] Sonata in 3 Movements Piano, Violin,
[details ←] String Quartet No. 2
[details ←] Celebration
[details ←] Chamber Symphony
[details ←] Concerto Piano, Bassoon,
[details ←] Concerto Piano, Oboe,
[details ←] Einsame Nacht
[details ←] Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Lullaby for Linus , solo piano,
[details ←] Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Snoopy Does the Samba , solo piano,
[details ←] Jubilation Bass, Percussion, Bassoon, English Horn,
[details ←] Rituals Percussion,
[details ←] Simple Magnificat Organ, choral
[details ←] Symphony No.4 Bass, Percussion, Piccolo, English Horn, choral
[details ←] American Concerto Piano, Trumpet,

Music

4 Symphonies
Premier Symposium
Concerto Grosso
Symbolon
American Concerto
Peanuts Galleri - For Piano & Orchestra
Oboe Concerto
Concerto for Basstrombone , Strings , Timpany & Cymbals
Concerto for Horn & Orchestra

Below is a list of works for Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. Click the title of a composition to see more details.

Opus	Title [subtitle]	Date
Symphony
	Symphony No. 1	??
	Symphony No. 2	??
	Symphony No. 3	??
	Symphony No. 4	??
Concerto
	American Concerto	??
	Clarinet Concerto	??
	Peanuts Gallery	??
Chamber music
	String Trio	??
Sonata
	Sonata in 3 Movements	??
Song
	Thanksgiving Song	??
Not (yet) classified
	Celebration	??
	Prologue & Variations	??

Biography

Zwilich was the first woman to win the Pulitzer prize. She Played Violin in Leopold Stokowski’s Orchestra, while studying with Elliott Carter & Roger Sessions, at the Julliard school of Music. Boulez Conducted the Premier of her first work "Premier Symposium" 31 January 1975. She then 8 years later won the prize for her first Symphony. Her music is flowing and very collorful in expression.

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Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Chamber Symphony / Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra / Symphony No. 2

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Zwilich: Concerto Grosso; Symphony No. 3; Oboe Concerto

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– Sat 17 May: 2nd Symphony Lobgesang Alcobaça, Portugal
– Sat 17 May: Second Symphony: Lobgesang Alcobaça, Portugal
– Sun 18 May: El Nino Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington DC, USA
– Sun 18 May: 2nd Symphony Lobgesang Aual Magna, Lisbon, Portugal
– Sun 18 May: Second Symphony: Lobgesang Aual Magna, Lisbon, Portugal
– Sun 18 May: "Kurt Weill, Thomas Bagwell & Diane McNaron" Artburst at the Unitarian Universalist Church, Homewood, Alabama, USA
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Events:
– (2005) Vincent Ghadimi: Premiere of the opera " Decamero lala" for Orchestra and children choir, in the "Palais des Beaux-Arts", Brussels, Belgium, conducted by the composer. (Songs with piano version edited by lantromusic, including a book with pictures for children).
– (1958) John Cage: Premiere of Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, in New York, USA.
– (1920) Igor Stravinsky: Premiere of Pulcinella, in Paris, France.
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