Melinda Wagner (born 1957 in Philadelphia) is a US composer, and winner of the 1999Pulitzer Prize in music. Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Philadelphia (disambiguation) and Philly. ... This article is about the year. ... The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ... For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ...
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Art of the States: Melinda Wagner
Information about her career and works. Theodore Presser site.
MelindaWagner's poetic and sensually scored compositions have earned her three ASCAP Young Composer awards, fellowships from the MacDowell Colony and Yaddo, and numerous other grants and awards.
Wagner's Falling Angels by the American Composers Orchestra in October 1995 that conductor and flutist Paul Lustig Dunkel suggested that she compose a concerto for him.
Wagner says she conceives of the flute as a brilliant, volatile, soulful, and humorous instrument, not the hard-working hero typical of piano and violin concertos.
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