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Charles Wuorinen

Charles Wuorinen

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About Charles Wuorinen

Charles Wuorinen (born June 9, 1938 in New York City) is an American composer who lives in and Long Valley, New Jersey. Wuorinen is married to his longtime partner and manager Howard Stokar. Co-founder of The Group for Contemporary Music, Wuorinen writes serial instrumental music. Some of his pieces are influenced by fractal geometry and Benoît Mandelbrot, while his later works feature some tonal relationships. In 1970, Wuorinen was the youngest composer ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music

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Top Tracks

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Josquiniana: I. Helas madame

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Trio for Bass Instruments

1.6K plays
3

String Sextet

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4

Heart Shadow

622 plays
5

Trombone Trio

530 plays
6

String Quartet No. 2: IV. —

459 plays
7

Big Spinoff

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8

III. quarter - 120-128 (Intermezzo)

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IV. —

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10

Time's Encomium: Part I

391 plays
11

On Alligators

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12

Natural Fantasy

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Lepton

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14

Time's Encomium: Part II

257 plays
15

Horn Trio

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16

Fourth String Quartet

267 plays
17

A Reliquary for Igor Stravinsky (1974-75): Lament

217 plays
18

The Blue Bamboula

261 plays
19

Epithalamium

257 plays
20

Horn Trio Continued

177 plays
21

Time's Encomium, Electronic Work For Processed Synthesized Sounds - Part I

184 plays
22

Divertimento

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23

Second String Quartet

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24

Epithalamium, For 2 Trumpets

144 plays
25

percussion quartet: ii. quarter note = 108 (leggiero)

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26

Lepton, For Celeste, Harp & Piano

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27

New York Notes - Part I

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28

String Quartet No. 2: II. —

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29

New York Notes For Chamber Ensemble- Part II

130 plays
30

New York Notes: I. Quarter Note = 80

157 plays
31

Scherzo

130 plays
32

Piano Trio

129 plays
33

The Mission of Virgil (chamber version): VI. Satan

129 plays
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Time's Encomium, Electronic Work For Processed Synthesized Sounds - Part II

117 plays
35

Metagong: I.-

130 plays
36

Grand Bamboula

112 plays
37

New York Notes For Chamber Ensemble- Part III

111 plays
38

The Long and the Short

122 plays
39

Time's Encomium i Part I

103 plays
40

Spinoff

111 plays
41

Double Solo

107 plays
42

II. —

88 plays
43

The River of Light (chamber version)

102 plays
44

Self-Similar Waltz

400 plays
45

Josquiniana: III. Cela Sans Plus

87 plays
46

Josquiniana: II. Faulte D'argent

86 plays
47

Ave Christe: Josquin

80 plays
48

Josquin: Ave Christe

74 plays
49

Duo for Violin and Piano

95 plays
50

A Reliquary for Igor Stravinsky (1974-75): Reliquary

106 plays

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