Aftertones of Infinity

Aftertones of Infinity is a symphonic poem written by the American composer Joseph Schwantner. The work was commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra and completed in 1978. It was first performed by the American Composers Orchestra conducted by Lukas Foss in Alice Tully Hall, New York City, on January 29, 1979. The piece was later awarded the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Music.^[1]

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v t e Pulitzer Prize for Music (1971–1980)
Mario Davidovsky ('71): Synchronisms No. 6 Jacob Druckman ('72): Windows Elliott Carter ('73): String Quartet No. 3 Donald Martino ('74): Notturno Dominick Argento ('75): From the Diary of Virginia Woolf Ned Rorem ('76): Air Music Richard Wernick ('77): Visions of Terror and Wonder Michael Colgrass ('78): Deja Vu Joseph Schwantner ('79): Aftertones of Infinity David Del Tredici ('80): In Memory of a Summer Day
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