The University of Southern Mississippi The Aquila Digital Community Dissertations Spring 5-1-2016 An Annotated Bibliography and Performance Commentary of the Works for Concert Band and Wind Orchestra by Composers Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music 1993-2015, and a List of Their Works for Chamber Wind Ensemble Stephen Andrew Hunter University of Southern Mississippi Follow this and additional works at: https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations Part of the Composition Commons, Fine Arts Commons, Music Education Commons, Music Performance Commons, and the Other Music Commons Recommended Citation Hunter, Stephen Andrew, "An Annotated Bibliography and Performance Commentary of the Works for Concert Band and Wind Orchestra by Composers Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music 1993-2015, and a List of Their Works for Chamber Wind Ensemble" (2016). Dissertations. 333. https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/333 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by The Aquila Digital Community. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of The Aquila Digital Community. For more information, please contact [email protected]. AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PERFORMANCE COMMENTARY OF THE WORKS FOR CONCERT BAND AND WIND ORCHESTRA BY COMPOSERS AWARDED THE PULITZER PRIZE IN MUSIC 1993-2015, AND A LIST OF THEIR WORKS FOR CHAMBER WIND ENSEMBLE by Stephen Andrew Hunter A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate School and the School of Music at The University of Southern Mississippi in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Musical Arts Approved: ________________________________________________ Dr. Catherine A. Rand, Committee Chair Associate Professor, School of Music ________________________________________________ Dr. Gregory A. Fuller, Committee Member Professor, School of Music ________________________________________________ Dr. James E. Standland, Committee Member Instructor, School of Music ________________________________________________ Dr. Edward M. Hafer, Committee Member Associate Professor, School of Music ________________________________________________ Dr. Joseph L. Brumbeloe, Committee Member Associate Professor, School of Music ________________________________________________ Dr. Karen S. Coats Dean of the Graduate School May 2016 COPYRIGHT BY Stephen Andrew Hunter 2016 Published by the Graduate School ABSTRACT AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PERFORMANCE COMMENTARY OF THE WORKS FOR CONCERT BAND AND WIND ORCHESTRA BY COMPOSERS AWARDED THE PULITZER PRIZE IN MUSIC 1993-2015, AND A LIST OF THEIR WORKS FOR CHAMBER WIND ENSEMBLE by Stephen Andrew Hunter May 2016 The purpose of this document is to assemble into one resource the concert band, wind orchestra, and chamber wind ensemble compositions of the 23 composers who were awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music between 1993 and 2015. The Pulitzer Prize in Music is given annually to an American composer in recognition of distinguished achievement in composition of a work that received its premiere during the previous year. Timothy Mahr completed this study on composers who received the Prize from 1943 to 1992. This is a continuation and replication of that study, following Mahr’s procedures. A brief biographical sketch will be given for each composer, followed by a complete listing of their works for concert band, wind orchestra, and chamber wind ensembles of five to fourteen performers. Works for concert band and wind orchestra will be annotated, including available information on the premiere, instrumentation, publisher and date of publication, availability, level of difficulty, duration, and commission. Each of these works will be given a brief performance commentary and will include a selective bibliography and selective discography. Works for chamber wind ensembles will be listed by composer, title, and number of instrumental performers, but will not be annotated. ii There are 348 works in total to be considered in this research. The 257 chamber wind ensemble works account for 74% of the total, with the 91 works for concert band and wind orchestra comprising 26% of the total number. Second-party transcriptions of works originally for other genres are listed in the appendices, but not annotated or included in the number of total works. This study suggests that conductors should entreat these distinguished composers to continue to write for the wind band medium and identifies works that have been overlooked in scholarly research or have not been professionally recorded. iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank Dr. Catherine Rand, my committee, and the first-class faculty and staff at Southern Miss for their support, encouragement, and guidance through the creation of this document. I have been given the opportunity to grow professionally and personally here and am a better conductor, teacher, and person because of the wonderful models placed before me during my time here. I would also like to thank the talented students at Southern Miss for their words of support and for their incredible music-making every day. It has been a joy to work with such inspiring young people. To the graduate staff of University Bands throughout the past three years: I noticed every extra hour, every kind word, and every time you sacrificed your personal time to help this document come to fruition. I am thankful for the publishers who assisted in the process of score acquisition, particularly those at Theodore Presser and G. Schirmer. Thank you to Master Gunnery Sergeant Jane Cross, librarian of The President’s Own United States Marine Band, for sharing your wealth of knowledge and answering countless questions. I appreciate the gracious assistance of William Wakefield, Steven Davis, Jerry Junkin, Zhou Long, and Lewis Spratlan in providing information, scores, recordings, and insight for a number of works. Finally, thank you to Timothy Mahr for beginning this research two decades ago. Your passion for wind band literature leapt off of each page that you wrote. You have been an inspiration to me, and I feel as though I have had you by my side with each score, recording, and stroke of a key. iv DEDICATION Sola Scriptura, Sola Gratia, Sola Fide, Solus Christus, Soli Deo Gloria To my parents, Steve and Lisa: growing up in a home that was filled with music and with love is the greatest blessing I could have ever received. Thank you for the rides to rehearsals and concerts, for finding the money for an instrument when I know it wasn’t there, and for never questioning for a moment the call on my life. I am eternally grateful for you both. To my father-in law, Charles: thank you for being a calm, steady source of support and encouragement. I am blessed to be part of your family. To my children, Allie, Anna Grace, Mercy, and Stephen: I hope to be the man you believe me to be. You have been loved, and will be loved, for every day of your life. To my wife, Victoria: I can never repay you for the sacrifices you have made for our family. Thank you for going where I go, serving where I serve, and loving me when I don’t deserve it. None of this would be possible without you. You are my teammate and the love of my life. v TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................................ ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................................................................................................. iv DEDICATION .................................................................................................................... v LIST OF TABLES .............................................................................................................. x LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ............................................................................................. xi CHAPTER I – INTRODUCTION, PURPOSE OF STUDY, AND PROCEDURES ........ 1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 1 The Pulitzer Prize in Music............................................................................................. 3 Purpose ............................................................................................................................ 5 Need ................................................................................................................................ 6 Scope and Limitations..................................................................................................... 6 Procedure ........................................................................................................................ 9 CHAPTER II – THE CHAMBER WIND ENSEMBLE, CONCERT BAND, AND WIND ORCHESTRA WORKS OF COMPOSERS AWARDED THE PULITZER PRIZE IN MUSIC 1993-2015............................................................................................................ 16 John Adams ................................................................................................................... 16 John Luther Adams ....................................................................................................... 17 Henry Brant ................................................................................................................... 19 John Corigliano ............................................................................................................. 23 vi Ornette Coleman ..........................................................................................................