Donald Martino (May 16, 1931–December 8, 2005) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American composer. May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The gold medal awarded for Public Service in Journalism The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ...

Known for his atonal works, including Pianississimo, a piano solo which is considered by some experts to be the most difficult piece of piano music ever written. Martino, who taught at Yale University, New England Conservatory, Brandeis University and Harvard University, won the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1974. Atonality in a general sense describes music that departs from the system of tonal hierarchies that are said to characterized the sound of classical European music from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries. ... Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. ... It has been suggested that VoiceMale be merged into this article or section. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ...

References

• Los Angeles Times Staff (2005). Los Angeles Times: Obituary of Donald Martino. Retrieved December 25, 2005.