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- Birth nameCharles Peter Wuorinen
- Charles Wuorinen was born on April 9, 1938 in Upper West Side, New York City, New York, USA. Charles was a composer, known for Brokeback Mountain (2014). Charles was married to Howard Stokar. Charles died on March 11, 2020 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseHoward Stokar(? - March 11, 2020) (his death)
- Pulitzer prize winning modernist composer, he was the son of an historian, university professor and author.
- He received the New York Philharmonic's Young Composers' Award when he was 16.
- He was a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship in 1986.
- He composed more than 270 works, including eight symphonies, four piano concertos, music for percussion, transcriptions of works by other composers, and two operas.
- His work "Time's Encomium" became the first electronic piece to win the Pulitzer Prize for music; at age 31, he was the youngest recipient of the music prize.
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