John Harbison

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Through his many associations with major orchestras and chamber ensembles, John Harbison has emerged as one of America's most admired and commissioned composers. His awards include the prestigious five-year MacArthur fellowship (given in 1989), and the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Music (for his cantata The Flight Into Egypt. Particular regard is given to Harbison's works for voice, and his special affinity for powerful settings of texts.

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    Simple Daylight
    April 30, 1993

    This collection of chamber music by John Harbison—the song cycles Simple Daylight and Words from Paterson, and his Piano Quintet—offers a wide-ranging portrait of the composer. Harbison wrote these works during the 1980s on various commissions, and in the case of the song cycles, with Sanford Sylvan and Dawn Upshaw in mind.

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  • Through his many associations with major orchestras and chamber ensembles, John Harbison has emerged as one of America's most admired and commissioned composers. His awards include the prestigious five-year MacArthur fellowship (given in 1989), and the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Music (for his cantata The Flight Into Egypt. Particular regard is given to Harbison's works for voice, and his special affinity for powerful settings of texts.

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