Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Born
Ellen Taaffe

(1939-04-30) 30 April 1939 (age 85)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
EducationFlorida State University
Occupations
  • Pianist
  • Composer
  • Academic teacher
EraContemporary
Awards

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (/teɪf ˈzwɪlɪk/ tayf ZWIL-ik;[1] born April 30, 1939)[2] is an American composer, the first female composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Her early works are marked by atonal exploration, but by the late 1980s, she had shifted to a postmodernist, neoromantic style.[3] She has been called "one of America's most frequently played and genuinely popular living composers."[4] She was a 1994 inductee into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame.[3] Zwilich has served as the Francis Eppes Distinguished Professor at Florida State University.[5]

  1. ^ "Ellen Taaffe Zwilich introduces her Symphony No. 3". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 11, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  2. ^ Slonimsky, Nicolas (1978). "Zwilich, Ellen Taafe". Baker's Biographical dictionary of musicians (6th ed.). New York: Schirmer Books. p. 1955. ISBN 0-02-870240-9.
  3. ^ a b "Florida Artists Hall of Fame | Ellen Taaffe Zwilich". Division of Arts and Culture - Florida Department of State. Archived from the original on July 29, 2013.
  4. ^ Schwartz, K. Robert. "Ellen Taaffe Zwilich." Grove Music Online. Ed. L. Macy. Accessed December 20, 2006. www.grovemusic.com.
  5. ^ Palmer, Anthony J. (Spring 2011). "Interview with Ellen Taaffe Zwilich". Philosophy of Music Education Review. 19: 80–99. doi:10.2979/philmusieducrevi.19.1.80. S2CID 144022907 – via Project MUSE.