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On This Day: April 18, 1983 – Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Became the First Woman to Win the Pulitzer Prize for Music

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On This Day: April 18, 1983 – Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Became the First Woman to Win the Pulitzer Prize for Music.

On this day April 18, 1983, composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich made history by becoming the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. She earned the honor for her Symphony No 1 also known as Three Movements for Orchestra, a powerful and expressive piece that showcased her bold style and deep emotional range.

Zwilich’s win marked a major milestone in classical music, a field long dominated by male composers. Her work combined modern techniques with a strong sense of structure and lyricism...
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