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Zwilich: Millennium Fantasy - Images - Peanuts Gallery

3/28/2011, 13 Tracks, 52:37

Featuring

  • Alexander Jiménez
  • Jeffrey Biegel
  • Read Gainsford
  • Heidi Louise Williams
  • Florida State University Symphony Orchestra
  • Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

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Cultural Impact

Charles M. Schulz, creator of Peanuts®, incorporated Ellen Taaffe Zwilich into a Peanuts® strip after seeing her profiled on the MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Peanuts® Gallery for Piano and Orchestra was commissioned by Carnegie Hall for the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Each movement of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Images for Two Pianos and Orchestra is a musical tribute to a painting in the National Museum of Women in the Arts' collection.

Source: Booklet

Cultural Impact

Charles M. Schulz, creator of Peanuts®, was so impressed by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's musical portrayal of his characters that he felt she took them 'to another level'.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Images for Two Pianos and Orchestra by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich was commissioned by the National Museum of Women in the Arts for the opening of their permanent gallery in Washington, D.C.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, one of America's most admired composers, was the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize in Music in 1983.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Millennium Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra was commissioned by pianist Jeffrey Biegel and a consortium of 27 orchestras.

Source: Booklet

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