Wen-chung Chou
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Awards:
American Academy of Arts and Letters Music Prize (1963)
Guggenheim Fellowship (1957)
Compositions for Winds:
Echoes from the Gorge for Percussion (1989)
Beijing in the Mist (1986) – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, trumpet, trombone, electric guitar, electric bass, electric piano, acoustic piano, and percussion
Yün (1969) – flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano
Ceremonial (1968) for Trumpets and Trombones
Pien (1966) – flute, alto flute, english horn, oboe, bassoon, A clarinet, horn, D trumpet, Bb trumpet, trombone, bass trombone, percussion, piano
Yü Ko (1965) – alto flute, English horn, bass clarinet, 2 trombones, percussion, piano, violin
Riding the Wind (1964) for Wind Symphony
Metaphors (1961) for Wind Symphony
Soliloquy of a Bhiksuni (1958) – 1 solo trumpet in B-flat (muted), 4 horns, 3 trombones, tuba
Seven Poems of the T’ang Dynasty (1951-52) – solo tenor voice, flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, C trumpet, trombone, piano, percussion