Spratlan, Lewis (1940)
Dates
- Existence: 1940
Biography
Lewis Spratlan is a composer and professor from Miami, Florida. He attended Yale University where he received his Master’s and studied with Mel Powell as well as Gunther Schuller. He has composed three operas, music for chorus, solo instrument, orchestra, electro-acoustic, and chamber ensemble. His opera, Life is a Dream, received a Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for a concert-version of Act II. Spratlan has been the recipient of a Guggenheim, National Endowment for the Arts, a MacDowell Fellowship, and many more awards.
Sources:
• Nachman, Myrna S. “Spratlan, Lewis.” In Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press, 2001.
• Wakin, Daniel. J. “An Opera’s Very Long Overture.” In The New York Times. April 11, 2010.
• Amherst College. “‘Mega-Ditties,’ Music by Retiring Professor Lewis Spratlan, at Amherst College Feb. 19.” Amherst.edu. January 31, 2006.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
American Composers Collection
The American Composers Collection includes material related to over 150 composers, including manuscript music scores, programs, correspondence, news clippings, and other items. Material varies with composer, from a single item to several folders. The collection was amassed from various donations to the University of Missouri-Kansas City before being given to the Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections. Provenance is noted when known.
Lewis Spratlan (Addendum 4), 1979
The American Composers Collection includes material related to over 150 composers, including manuscript music scores, programs, correspondence, news clippings, and other items. Material varies with composer, from a single item to several folders. The collection was amassed from various donations to the University of Missouri-Kansas City before being given to the Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections. Provenance is noted when known.
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