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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 . [1]
Apr 12, 2011 · Lang’s wife and children were watching him from the house. Two men in a buggy were riding by and also watched Lang as he made his way across the field. Suddenly, in the view of everyone, Lang vanished in mid-step. One moment he was walking and the next moment he was gone. The origin of the David Lang story first appeared in 1888.
Learn about David Lang, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and co-founder of Bang on a Can. Explore his diverse and innovative works for opera, orchestra, chamber and solo, and his collaborations with film, literature and architecture.
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.
David Lang is a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer who creates music that defies categorization and challenges virtuosity. Learn more about his life, works, and influences on the Bang on a Can website.
Jan 25, 2017 · David Lang Wins Music Pulitzer. April 7, 2008 • The composer's spare but beautiful music was inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's story The Little Match Girl and its religious connotations, as ...
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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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