Tags: Classical Music Composition.
Time’s Encomium (Jan. 1968-Jan. 1969 31’43) is an electronic four channel musical composition by Charles Wuorinen for synthesized and processed synthesized sound. Commissioned by Teresa Sterne for Nonesuch Records it was awarded the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for Music and was realized on the RCA Mark II Synthesizer at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center NYC. At the time Wuorinen was the youngest composer ever to win the Pulitzer.