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David Lang (born January 8, 1957) is an American composer living in New York City. Co-founder of the musical collective Bang on a Can, he was awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Music for The Little Match Girl Passion, which went on to win a 2010 Grammy Award for Best Small Ensemble Performance by Paul Hillier and Theatre of Voices.
Lang is a Professor of Music Composition at the Yale School of Music, and is co-founder and co-artistic director of New York’s legendary music collective Bang on a Can. His music is published by Red Poppy Music and G. Ricordi & Co., New York (ASCAP) and is distributed worldwide by the Universal Music Publishing Group.
Apr 12, 2011 · Origin of the Story. In 1888, author Ambrose Bierce published “The Difficulty of Crossing a Field” in the San Francisco Examiner. The tale depicts a slave owner who vanishes into thin air on his farm. Subsequently, the courts declare him dead and divide up his estate according to law.
Passionate, prolific, and complicated, composer David Lang embodies the restless spirit of invention. Lang is at the same time deeply versed in the classical tradition and committed to music that resists categorization, constantly creating new forms.
Nov 16, 2017 · 'crowd out' is a composition and performance for 1,000 voices by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang (co-founder of Bang on a Can, composer of The Lit...
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soprano solo, children's choir + SATB with orchestra 1 [1picc].2.2.2/4.2.2.1/timp.2perc/strings. rent music score preview More Info.
Aug 5, 2022 · David Lang: The Writings album review — emotion, poetry, tenderness. Six movements are inspired by texts from the Hebrew Bible and sung with precision by Cappella Amsterdam. Disciplined:...
