William Schuman
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Awards:
Pulitzer Prize (1943): Secular Cantata No. 2: A Free Song for Orchestra and Chorus
American Academy of Arts and Letters Music Award Winner (1943)
Guggenheim Fellowship (1939)
Compositions for Winds:
Dances, for wind quintet and percussion (1985)
American Hymn (1985) for Wind Ensemble
Be Glad Then America (1975) for Concert Band
Prelude for a Great Occasion (1974) for Brass and Percussion
Dedication Fanfare (1968) for Concert Band
Philharmonic Fanfare (1965) for Band
Variations on “America” (1963, transcribed by William E. Rhoads from William Schuman’s orchestration of E. Power Biggs’s edition of Charles Ives’s variations for organ)
When Jesus Wept (1958) for Band
Chester (1956) for Band
George Washington Bridge (1950) for Concert Band
Circus Overture arr. Don Owen (1944) for Concert Band
Newsreel in Five Shots (1942) for Concert Band