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Wayne Peterson, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer, Dies at 93
His Pulitzer, in 1992, came amid controversy not of his making: A three-member jury had recommended a different work.
The composer Wayne Peterson in 1959. He taught for more than 30 years at San Francisco State University and won a Pulitzer Prize a victory that came amid some controversy.Credit.via Grant Peterson
April 28, 2021
Wayne Peterson, a prolific composer whose fraught winning of the Pulitzer Prize in 1992 stirred debate about whether experts or average listeners were the best judges of music, died on April 7 in San Francisco. He was 93.
His son Grant confirmed the death, in a hospital, which he said came just seven weeks after that of Mr. Peterson’s companion of decades, Ruth Knier.
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SAN FRANCISCO – Composer, pianist and educator Wayne Peterson, who won a Pulitzer Prize for music that was hotly contested because judges had chosen another composer, has died. He was 93.
Peterson died on April 7 at his San Francisco home, his son Grant Peterson told the San Francisco Chronicle.
Peterson taught music at San Francisco State University. in 1992, he won the Pulitzer for his work, “The Face of the Night, the Heart of the Dark,” which was commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony.
The Pulitzer board, consisting mostly of newspaper editors and publishers, awarded Peterson the honour but in doing so it overruled the unanimous choice of the music jury, which had selected Ralph Shapey’s “Concerto Fantastique.”