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Episode 54 - 1996: George Walker, Lilacs for Voice and Orchestra

Episode 54 - 1996: George Walker, Lilacs for Voice and Orchestra

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In this episode, Dave and Andrew discuss a song cycle in all but name, George Walker's Lilacs. From the outside, this win looks like another lifetime achievement award, but is it? And does Lilacs remind them of music from an earlier period in the Pulitzer's history?


 



If you'd like more information about George Walker or Lilacs, we recommend:


  1. Ginger Sharnell Jones-Robinson's DMA document, "An Analysis of Selected Vocal Works by George Walker" from the University of South Carolina, 2023.

  2. Mikey Thomas Terry's interview with George Walker, The Musical Quarterly, Vol. 84, No. 3 (2000), pp. 372-88

  3. This short documentary on Walker and his music

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Episode 54 - 1996: George Walker, Lilacs for Voice and Orchestra

Episode 54 - 1996: George Walker, Lilacs for Voice and Orchestra

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