Charles Wuorinen
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About
Charles Wuorinen (born June 9, 1938 in New York City) is an American composer who lives in and Long Valley, New Jersey. Wuorinen is married to his longtime partner and manager Howard Stokar. Co-founder of The Group for Contemporary Music, Wuorinen writes serial instrumental music. Some of his pieces are influenced by fractal geometry and Benoît Mandelbrot, while his later works feature some tonal relationships. In 1970, Wuorinen was the youngest composer ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music
Discography
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Album2014Scherzo / First String Quartet / Viola Variations / Second Piano Quintet
Album2011Concerto For Piano and Orchestra / The Head of the Bed
Album2010Ashberyana • Fenton Songs • Josquiniana
Album2008Archæopterix
Album2008Duos
Album2008The Dante Trilogy (chamber version)
Album2008Vocal Works
Album2007Adapting to the Times
Album2006On Alligators
Album2005
