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Joseph Schwantner
dr, *1943 US, Chicago
Musician / Composer of Classical
A.k.a. Joseph Clyde Schwantner
Joseph Clyde Schwantner (born March 22, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois) 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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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alchemize | Joseph Schwantner • David Maslanka • Steven Bryant • Jonathan Yarrington • Jackie McIlwain • The University Of Southern Mississippi Wind Ensemble • Catherine A. Rand | 2017 | Album |
| Chasing Light... / Morning's Embrace / Percussion Concerto | Joseph Schwantner - Christopher Lamb, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero | 2011 | Album |
| Passaggi | Joseph Schwantner, Stephen Michael Gryc, Leslie Bassett, Joseph Turrin, Nebojša Živković, The Hartt School Wind Ensemble • Glen Adsit | 2009 | Album |
| Trendsetters (Music For Wind Band) | Paul Hindemith, Gustav Holst, Joseph Schwantner, Percy Grainger, The Peabody Conservatory Wind Ensemble, Harlan D. Parker | 2009 | Album |
| Angelfire ∙ Beyond Autumn ∙ September Canticle ∙ A Sudden Rainbow | Joseph Schwantner, Anne Akiko Meyers, Gregory Hustis, James Diaz, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton | 2005 | Album |
| "Fields" - American Music For Marimba | Joseph Schwantner, Richard Rodney Bennett, Andrew Thomas, Raymond Helble, Evan Hause, Filippo Lattanzi | 2001 | Album |
| The Music Of Joseph Schwantner | Joseph Schwantner, Evelyn Glennie, Leonard Slatkin, Vernon E. Jordan, JR. | 1997 | Album |
| American Landscapes | Sharon Isbin, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff - John Corigliano / Joseph Schwantner / Lukas Foss | 1995 | Album |
| Flutes | Paula Robison, Ransom Wilson, Carol Wincenc, Solisti New York, Alasdair Neale, Brian Zeger, Douglas Webster / Works By Robert Beaser, Paul Schoenfield, Joseph Schwantner | 1991 | Album |
| American Tribute (Monumental Brassworks By American Composers) | Summit Brass, Joseph Schwantner, Gunther Schuller, Donald Erb, Dan Welcher, John Cheetham, David Sampson, John Stevens | 1991 | Album |
| Works By Albert, Druckman, Schwantner | The Julliard Orchestra, Joseph Schwantner, Jacob Druckman, Stephen Albert | 1989 | Album |
| The Contemporary Music Forum: Music Of Amber, Solstice | Joseph Schwantner, Jean Eichelberger Ivey, William Wright, Katherine Hay, Ronald Aufmann, Helmut Braunlich, Lori Barnet, Randall Eyles, Barbro Dahlman, Pamela Jordan | 1988 | Album |
| A Sudden Rainbow / Sparrows / Distant Runes And Incantations | Joseph Schwantner - Lucy Shelton, Ursula Oppens, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin | 1987 | Album |
| Magabunda - American Hymn | Joseph Schwantner, William Schuman - Lucy Shelton, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra - Leonard Slatkin | 1984 | Album |
| Wild Angels Of The Open Hills / String Quartet No. 6 | Joseph Schwantner / Ben Johnston | 1983 | Album |
| Schwantner: Aftertones Of Infinity / Lutoslawski: Livre Pour Orchestre | Joseph Schwantner, Witold Lutoslawski, Eastman Philharmonia, David Effron | 1981 | Album |
| The Da Capo Chamber Players Celebrate Their Tenth Anniversary | Da Capo Chamber Players - Philip Glass / George Perle / Shulamit Ran / Joseph Schwantner / Joan Tower / Charles Wuorinen | 1981 | Album |
| The Twentieth Century Consort | The Twentieth Century Consort, Christopher Kendall - Joseph Schwantner / Gerald Chenoweth / William Penn / Maurice Wright / George Rochberg | 1981 | Album |
| Instrumental Music (Concerto For Trombone And Orchestra / Prelude, Fugue And Big Apple / Modus Caelestis / Ultra Mensuram) | Walter Ross / Joseph Schwantner / William Penn | 1975 | Album |
| Spectrum: New American Music Volume III | Jacob Druckman / Joseph Schwantner / John Harbison | Album | |
| Young Composer's Guide To The Six Tone Scale / ...And The Mountains Rising Nowhere / Emblems | Howard Hanson / Joseph Schwantner / Aaron Copland : Eastman Wind Ensemble | Album |
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