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Joseph Schwantner

American composer

Joseph Clyde Schwantner (born March 22, 1943) is an 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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Works

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  • ...and the mountains rising nowhere
  • Aftertones of Infinity
  • Canticle of the Evening Bells
  • Chasing Light…
  • Chasing Light…: I. Sunrise Ignites Daybreak's Veil. Con forza, feroce con bravura
  • Chasing Light…: II. Calliope's Rainbowed Song. Lontano
  • Chasing Light…: III. A Kaleidoscope Blooms. Lacrimoso
  • Chasing Light…: IV. Morning's Embrace Confronts the Dawn. Lontano… leggiero
  • Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra
  • Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra: I. Con forza
  • Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra: II. In Memoriam. Misterioso
  • Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra: III. Ritmico con brio
  • Diaphonia intervallum
  • Distant Runes and Incantations
  • From Afar...Fantasy for Guitar and Orchestra
  • From a Dark Millennium
  • In Evening's Stillness
  • Luminosity (Concerto for Wind Orchestra)
  • Luminosity (Concerto for Wind Orchestra): I. Spiritoso e energico
  • Luminosity (Concerto for Wind Orchestra): II. Misterioso
  • Luminosity (Concerto for Wind Orchestra): III. Grande e con forza
  • Morning's Embrace
  • Music of Amber
  • Music of Amber: I. Wind, Willow, Whisper...
  • Music of Amber: II. Sanctuary
  • New Morning for the World
  • Percussion Concerto
  • Percussion Concerto: I. Con forza
  • Percussion Concerto: II. In Memoriam: Stephen Albert
  • Percussion Concerto: III. Ritmico con brio
  • Recoil
  • Soaring
  • Sparrows
  • Two Poems of Agueda Pizarro
  • Two Poems of Agueda Pizarro: No. 1. Shadowinnower
  • Two Poems of Agueda Pizarro: No. 2. Black Anemones
  • Velocities (Moto perpetuo)
  • Wild Angels of the Open Hills
  • Wild Angels of the Open Hills: I. Wild Angels of the Open Hills
  • Wild Angels of the Open Hills: II. Angels of the Shadowed Ancient Land
  • Wild Angels of the Open Hills: III. There
  • Wild Angels of the Open Hills: IV. Coming of Age
  • Wild Angels of the Open Hills: V. The Hawk Shapes the Wind