This time the question is who was Ellen Taaffe Zwilich? Ellen Taaffe Zwilich is a highly regarded American composer who received the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1983 for her Symphony No. 1 (Three Movements for Orchestra). Her style of composition is lyrical, well-constructed, and appealing, combining modern tonal language with older compositional devices.
Check out her music using the libraries streaming musical service Freegal.
Find out this and other interesting information about the composer in the article about her in the Encyclopedia of World Biography. The Encyclopedia of World Biography is a Gale Virtual Reference e-Book. It includes over 7,000 biographies on notables from every part of the world and from all time periods, includes photos, 23 volumes. Find the ebook listed alphabetically under E on LAPL’s Research & Homework page and access it with your library card.
