Symphony No. 1 RiverRun is an orchestral symphony in four movements by the American composer Stephen Albert. The piece was completed in 1983 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1985.[1][2][3] The title comes from the novel Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, whose literature served as inspiration for the work.[4][5]
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