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George Walker

Composer

Birthday June 27, 1922

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Ohio

DEATH DATE Aug 23, 2018 (96)

#82,709 Most Popular

Numerology: 2

About

African-American composer who won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Music for "Lilacs." He was commissioned by major ensembles in the United States including the Boston Symphony.

Before Fame

He was introduced to the piano at age five, and he was enrolled in the Oberlin Conservatory when he was 14.

Trivia

He was named to North Carolina's Order of the Long Leaf Pine in 1997. It was presented by then-Governor Jim Hunt.

Family Life

He fathered two sons: violinist and composer Gregory Walker and playwright Ian Walker.

Associated With

He won the Pulitzer Prize for Music 24 years after Elliott Carter was given the same honor in 1973.

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