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Apr 16, 2020
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Charles Wuorinen Born 1938 Composer
t was very much a case of ‘the shock of the new’ when Charles Wuorinen premiered his Concerto for Amplified Violin and Orchestra at Tanglewood in 1972. Reports from the time say some members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra even) and Salman Rushdie (). As a teacher and lecturer, Wuorinen was a regular at Columbia, Yale and Princeton universities, plus the Manhattan School of Music. His book remains a go-to for students.
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